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Faded Dream by Dry Petals

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helpess

When i read your poem i cried. My best friend was just raped. She wont leave her house and wont come to school anymore. I feel so bad and helpless. I dont know what to do. I just want my best friend back.

Alexis

i really liked this poem. I found it true to me. Good job.

Angela

I know how you feel. The same thing happened to me when i was in the orphanage and i was 4 years old. then i came to america cause i got adopted and it happened again when i was 15 years old. now i'm 17 and i'm still struggling. but i really like your poem very touching!

Jennifer

I loved your poem. I can relate because my boyfriend raped me when I was 13. It's something that I will never forget and I used to hurt everday but I'm healing with time. I admire you for having the courage to write your poem. I know that it wasn't easy.

ali

this poems is creat

court

that poem was really sad and close to my heart coz the same thing happened to me a few months ago.

Rachael

It was cool

Rachel

Your poem is beautiful! I know exactly what your going through. It happened to me too except I was about 8 or 9 years old. (Now I'm 12) Now and then I get flashbacks and it scares me to death

Mary

I think your poem was off the hook but it was sad. You are a very strong person and you should stay that way. That is a shame how these grown mens doing this and how teen agers dieing from this but always be strong

tasha

this poem is very powerful and meaningful to me. I experienced this just about a month ago, it's messed everything up, but knowing other people have been through this and has survived it, it's helping me out

lilac

Yo, that was a bangin poem. It was deep to the core. I feel so bad for u cuz this happened at such a young age and that it happened at all, but then again im happy for u cuz it helped u 2 become stronger and to stay strong. I really liked your poem but feel really bad. This poem touched me and i hope it continues to touch others.

Brian

i kn0w exactly how u feel. really this poem made me cry at the memories, thank u for having the courage to write it. i know h0w much it hurts to remember.

jess

your poem was great,it made me cry. the same thing happened to me 3 years ago when i was 14. it's taken me a long time to even say that it was rape. i always blamed myself and it shattered me in me ways i can never fix. i have stopped blaming myself and moved on with my life but it's still with everyday.

Chris

I have to tell you that although i have never met you, you are very very strong. I was raped when I was 14 and am now 20 and. still couldnt bring myself to read your whole poem. I got to the his body part. and had to stop. I will bring myself to read it one day. It's really hard to deal with. especially knowing that you are going to have to bring yourself to be intimate with the one that you love. and that has been duficult. I have a very serious boyfriend, and I still have a hard time falling asleep in his arms at night. It's horrible. He has been great though, and stuck by me, and totally understood. I thank you for writing this poem because it gave a lot of poeple, like myself a chance to express themselves. and I will sometime go back and read it. I am sorry that I cant do it right bow, but I thank you once more. you are a very strong person

Elena

That poem is awesome. i love your style of writing. i am still a virgin and it is very important to me how i will finally loose it,. it is horrorble if it happens like that.

secret

i know what you mean, i am still very young now i am 13 at this day but i was in the same position as you about a year ago i understnad

Angela

Hay your poem was good and that is what happen to me

Amanda

This is a great poem you have written, it's hard to believe people don't show remorse or sadness over something they have done, especially something as horrible as this, keep writing, you have lots of talent

Sh0rTiE

I know exactly what you went through, this same thing happened to me, and it hurt deeply. It changed me, i now have problems trusting people, and i hide things deep inside. No one knows about this except for my best friend... she also went through it, and i was there when she went through it, but i walked in too late to stop him from doing it ot her... so was so messed up i had to help her walk home... it hurt me that i didnt walk in on time!

Jessica

I can realte to this poem so very well. I am a poet and I find myself writing about my experiences. They hurt and they also drag me down... but I have found out the hard way that you have to stay strong. What don't kill you can ONLY make you stronger. I was raped when I was 12 (I am 15 now) and had a lot of guilt and anger at the same time. He was 32 and "talked" me into it. I am still trying to make the decision to put this man in jail, it's taken this long for the DNA to come back. I didn't try to push him off of me and I was and am very mature for my age... I felt like I knew what was going on and didn't want to stop it. But I know NOW that he is the one that made me feel that way. I want to thank you for writing such a beautiful poem, and I know it isn't hard to write the poetry but it is to share it... Keep it up, it makes ! you stronger to let go if things…

lesley

this is a good poem. so sad and hurtful. i'm proud of you to be able to force yourself to live even through all the pain you have suffered. you are a strong person.

Jenny

Very brilliant poem, I wish that there were more women out there telling us of their experiences

ender

wow. just a month and a half ago my best friend told me that she had been raped when she was 12, and this poem expresses the emotions that she tried so hard to share with me.

Mel

It hurts, and it scars, mentally and physically. This poem expresses it. Thankyou for having the strength to write about this.

Elysia

wow you really hit the spot on this poem. I was raped on new year's of 2000 when I was under the influence of alcohol...I was a virgin too, I know exactly how it feels. Thank you for that poem, it helps to know that there are others who have gone through this and decide to still live life in a positive way =)

ROSE

I REALLY LIKE THIS POEM ALOT. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALOT IN LIFE AND SOMETIMES YOU SIT AND THINK THAT THERE IS NO TOMORROW THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE FOR. I REALLY LIKE THIS POEM BECAUSE YOU HAD FAITH AND BELIVED THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO LIVE YOUR LIFE IN HELL FOR SOMEONE ELES WHEN YOU DONT DESERVE THAT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU WERE STRONG AND PULLED THROUGH THANX!! I'M 15 AND HAVE A LIL STORY TO TELL.

holly

i thought this a very good poem it tells people to be strong when thing like that hppened

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