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Someone Is Out There.

Someone is out there, and I happen to know why.

Fourteen and not much going for her, she locks inside her deepest secrets, them eating away at her sanity. Dropped out of school, so she thinks of herself to have no future.

Someone is out there, and I happen to know why.

She packed her clothes, and left. No note was written for her family, but none was needed. Her sisters would miss her, of course, but her mom could care less. When she grew accustomed to beatings from her mother, she knew it was time to leave.

Someone is out there, and I happen to know why.

She felt friendless, besides her sisters. She used to have friends, but then she began to do what is now the unthinkable – trust them. She told them her secrets, and they had left her for them. She didn’t realize she had me, though. We hadn’t talked for ages, but I still loved her.

Someone is out there, and I happen to care.

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