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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/pow.asp' target='_blank' style='color:blue; font-weight: bold;' &gt;Poem Of The Week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10/25/2009 - 10/31/2009&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style='font-weight: bold;'&gt;Category:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/teen/?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow target='_blank' &gt;Teen Poems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Subcategory:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/teen/alone-poems.asp?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow target='_blank' &gt;Alone Poems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style='font-weight: bold;'&gt;Votes:&amp;nbsp;144&lt;br&gt;Rating:&amp;nbsp;4.55&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style='color: #0f3b5f;'&gt;I have been through hell and back. I tried to explain what I've been through in this poem. It's about stuff that no teenager really wants to go through.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style='text-align: left; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px;'&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/teen/poetry.asp?poem=18017&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow &gt;My Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;copy;Carrie Hall&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I'm lost and confused,
&lt;br&gt;miss-treated and miss-used,
&lt;br&gt;Raped and abused,
&lt;br&gt;Unloved and refused.
&lt;br&gt;I was always being excused,
&lt;br&gt;I started doing drugs,
&lt;br&gt;Dating some thugs.
&lt;br&gt;I was being a tease,
&lt;br&gt;and getting pleased.
&lt;br&gt;I love that life
&lt;br&gt;now I’m stuck,
&lt;br&gt;in this rock.
&lt;br&gt;restrained from the one I love.
&lt;br&gt;screaming inside my mind,
&lt;br&gt;even though everyone thinks I’m fine.
&lt;br&gt;crying myself to sleep every night,
&lt;br&gt;wishing the next day my sister might be in sight.
&lt;br&gt;I was dropped in this town,
&lt;br&gt;to never be found.
&lt;br&gt;I was beaten
&lt;br&gt;I was raped
&lt;br&gt;I was unloved
&lt;br&gt;I was refused
&lt;br&gt;and most of all I was confused.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;Did you like this poem?&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/pow_vote.asp?vote=Y&amp;poem=18017&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow target='_blank' &gt;Yes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/pow_vote.asp?vote=N&amp;poem=18017&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow target='_blank' &gt;No&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style='color: navy;'&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Has this poem touched you?  &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/teen/poetry.asp?poem=18017&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow#story target='_blank' &gt;Share Your Story (2 Stories)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table cellpadding='5' cellspacing='5' align='left'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th align='left'&gt;Readers who liked this poem also liked&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th align='left'&gt;Category &amp;raquo; Subcategory &amp;raquo; Poem Title&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/life-poems.asp?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Life Poems&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/poetry.asp?poem=18449&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Doing The "right" Thing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/life-poems.asp?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Life Poems&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/poetry.asp?poem=18687&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Changing Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Life&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/meaning-poems.asp?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Meaning Poems&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/life/poetry.asp?poem=18171&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;The Secrets We Hide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/spiritual/?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Spiritual&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/spiritual/prayer-poems.asp?utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;Prayer Poems&lt;/a&gt; &amp;raquo; &lt;a href=http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/spiritual/poetry.asp?poem=427&amp;amp;utm_source=feed&amp;amp;utm_medium=subscriber&amp;amp;utm_campaign=pow&gt;To Our Ellis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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