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When I was six my life fell apart I told no one Even though it tore me apart My reality and nightmares became one As I shivered in silence in the dark As my parents lost their spark Through masked smiles I was ten And on my way to becoming a man, Raised strongly by my mother But always resembled my father I strived to find the person in me As I befriended my pen At eight teen I fell a victim Fell prey fed to predators called friends As they had my dignity on their hands I pursued God who became my beam For I had grasped life’s fundamentals And off were the empty smiles 19, awaits for me tomorrow The last year that I may be a teen.