I'm 26 years old and have been writing since I was 12. I started writing because it was something I enjoyed doing and was a great way to express myself without letting everyone else in on my business. I usually don't let anyone read my poems, but this looks like an interesting site. Feel free to give me feedback... good or bad. I'm not trying to be a writer. I've never taken any sort of poetry or writing classes and have read very few poems by famous poets. So, I apologize ahead of time if I don't understand the technical terms you may use.
I walked among the crowded thorns.
I stood too close and bled.
I fought the devil with his own horns,
And I saw myself lay dead.
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I met a man when I was sixteen.
He showed me that I could care.
It was the strangest thing I'd ever seen,
for I thought my heart and soul laid bare.
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