Back Porch Review 2020
This is Vernon Township High School's literary magazine for the year 2020.
This is Vernon Township High School's literary magazine for the year 2020.
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Ally Stella, grade 12
Broken Barricades
By Nora Jamison
My roots run through me like emotional veins
as my heart opens,
my veins burst making me feel
as if I was cursed so I put up a wall.
Branches barricade my heart
patching up the scars catching the pain, locking it all away
blocking it all in the neglected corner of the brain.
My burdens were the size of Mars
so what was I to do but put up some bars
protecting me from anything or anyone that comes close
For it was my fear that made me feel lost,
love that truly paid the ultimate cost.
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