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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Trapped

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Submitted by apples on January 7, 2008 - 18:32.

This is my world
This is my forrest
This is my river
And this is me pretending
This is all I'll ever need
And I truly believe that
Or at least I want to
Some may call my life freedom
But I am imprisioned by this forest
Tied by my bonds
Cut off from my kind
I'll never be able to
Find the one I love
Or even talk to anyone
I can view them at a distance
But that of all
There is no way for me
I can not be saved
I can not learn their language
They may look like me
But we are not the same
I'm different
Unwanted, shunned
No one cares what happens to me
And no one ever will
So why do I bother?
Why do I attempt to reconnect
These long lost bonds
I'm my own besat friend
And my own worst enemy
This isn't a life
Taht's worth living

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