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Are you willing to pay?

Jenna Binns 1994 (Iowa)

The truth hurts but it will set you free. A small price to pay for the choices we make, though spite can easily become guilt and eat us alive.

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Writing this came from previous experience and I felt compelled to write it down simply

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Written on May 07, 2023

Submitted by jennabinns94 on May 13, 2023

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Jenna Binns

I’ve been writing poetry on and off for the last 17 years, it’s a way for me to escape the reality that I live at that moment in time, while also locking it onto paper in physical form. So that my mind is no longer burdened with the mostly negative emotions that inspire and create them. more…

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