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Farewell to dreams
    and fairy tales.
You're all you have
    when all else fails.
Illusions come
    but always end.
Depend on you,
    your one true friend.
Get strong and vow
    to stay on track.
Make life less hard,
    rely on fact.

Written by,
Sheri Lynne Evans
February 7, 1997
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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March 20, 2020 at 5:05 PM
Thankyou very much.
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