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A desolate garden in the midst of
winter.
A heart splintered a long time ago.
A plant denied water.
In the dark, she lived her life.
Every day, she prayed for the release
from the prison of her mind.
The walls that became so high over time
to protect what remained of her soul.
Years before, someone had stripped her
bare.
Tears formed in her eyes.
She was free to be whatever she wanted to
be and of the dirt he had left behind.
No longer a vessel of his poison,
by her history, she refused to be defined.
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