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    The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent
    The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent
    The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent
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    The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent

    By Shawayne Dunstan

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    This is my defeat


    hidden underneath
    an identity
    created at seventeen



    This is my defeat
    whispering to me
    about false serenities
    and lands of tumbleweeds



    This is my defeat
    clawing mercilessly
    at the back my throat
    perhaps by time youve read this
    I might have found hope
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateDec 17, 2016
    ISBN9781524569594
    The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent

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      The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent - Shawayne Dunstan

      Copyright © 2017 by Shawayne Dunstan.

      ISBN:      Softcover      978-1-5245-6960-0

            eBook         978-1-5245-6959-4

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Rev. date: 12/20/2016

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      Contents

      Life is Strange

      Whispers

      The Pursuit of Happiness

      What do I See?

      Lesson from Uncle Jermaine

      My Name is S.A.D

      Agree to Disagree

      Midnight

      Insanity

      My Demons

      Blaze

      The Bare Feet Boy Meets the Broken Girl

      Unwanted Comfort

      Perfection

      My Darling Olivia

      Rosemary

      Unwanted Truth

      Breakdown

      Distraction

      Starry Night

      Sofia

      Reality Check

      Skin Deep

      Blank Faced

      Depression

      Home Again

      The Poet

      Lay with Me Now

      First Encounter

      Pieces

      On Autumn Nights

      The Common Struggle

      Misunderstood Woes

      Heartbeat

      Sober

      Expedition

      Confession

      Echoes

      The Bare Feet Boy Loses the Broken Girl

      3 am

      Love Cycle

      Things I Fear

      Lost Ones

      Premature Blessing

      Remember This

      Sights From a Park Bench on 5th Avenue

      Arise

      Reassurance

      Pressure

      Confusion

      Spontaneous Silence

      The Humble Rose

      Mortal Flaw

      Realization

      I Don’t Deserve You Ophelia

      Suicide Note

      My Time To Go

      Self-Evaluation

      Ultimatum

      Journey

      Unanswered Cries Pt.1

      Lucy Pt.2

      Dear Victim

      Final Judgment

      Environment

      Unanswered Cries Pt.2

      Love Games

      Elizabeth

      Phone Calls Way Past Midnight

      Moment of Sorrow

      Dawn

      Isn’t It Funny?

      Sorry to Burst Your bubble

      Incomplete

      Veronica’s Goodbye

      Do Not Settle for Less…

      Defeat

      Seasonal Embraces

      How Unfortunate

      In Your Time of Need

      I Have Nothing

      Replaced

      In Memory of Me

      Aspirations

      The Future of Us

      Timeless

      Have Hope My Love

      Fallen Angel

      Live and Let Free

      Early Morning Prayer

      Falling in Reverse

      Hardships

      I’ll die before my time while sipping fine wine tainted with razorblades…

      Life is Strange

      Whispers

      The voices returned

      When I was a teen

      This time they did not sing

      This time they did not scream

      Instead they slipped beneath my skin

      And entered my mind

      Unwelcomed guidance

      Is what I keep confined

      The Pursuit of Happiness

      Seems like no one is truly happy anymore

      Caught up with the media

      And things they can’t afford

      Looking for a way

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