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The Lie

February 10, 2019
By lynnfranco BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
lynnfranco BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
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As I rushed to the ER,

A sinking feeling overtook me.

As I looked up I saw my father,

it was the first time I had seen

a grown man cry like a child,

and I felt a sting in my heart

and I knew that the prognosis wasn’t good

but I swallowed my fear

and despite my pain,

I assured him that everything would be okay.




The author's comments:

I wrote this poem for a school assignment. I really like how it turned out. The school assignment was to write a poem using borrowed texts. 

 

Lines borrowed from A Long Way Gone.


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