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			<title>No More </title>
			<description>No more bullshit No more lies No more of your fake disguise No more narcissism No more games No more calling me nasty names No more bullies No more abuse No more making up a dumb excuse No more gaslighting No more control No more daggers from your damaged soul ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/2016836/</link>
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			<title>I Dream a Dream </title>
			<description>I dream a dream of beauty DivineOf love without boundaries that exists beyond timeI dream of a love that penetrates my soul That breaks apart walls and restores me whole I dream of passion  of kisses so sweet Of long summer days and love's gentle heat I dream of you m..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1623725/</link>
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			<title>Eternity's Plight </title>
			<description>I walk through corridors of grey As the light bleeds from the sky And the night steals the day I move alone through shadows unseen An ethereal creatureA heavenly being I drift through the world loved yet despised Twisted and tormented with no alibi I hunger for some..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1504041/</link>
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			<title>The Edge of Forever </title>
			<description>The Edge of Forever I want to go to the edge of forever Where the sunsets never end Where the stars shine for eternity And the angels are my friendI want to leave this world of hurt and pain Of destruction and despairFor a place where joy reigns freely Within the hearts of man ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1448002/</link>
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			<title>Valentines Day Sucks </title>
			<description>Valentines day sucks come on you know it's true When your siting alone at home with nothing better to do You see all the guys out there buying flowers for their girl And you wonder what became of love why it isn't in your world But then you realise it doesn't matter that it doe..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1315406/</link>
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			<title>Cold</title>
			<description>It's so cold yet I can hear the sound of the waves and they soothe my soulLoneliness consumes me yet there are no tearsI don't allow myself to cry anymore I am a child of the light yet darkness surrounds me Suffocates me in its heartless embrace I long to be free yet ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1312426/</link>
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			<title>Broken Vessel</title>
			<description>So much pain trapped inside With no where to go no where to hide I cry out for release from this prison of despair But nobody hears me nobody cares A scream escapes my tortured soulI fall to the ground no longer whole Just a broken vessel in a life without hope A gi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1312014/</link>
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			<title>Skater Girl </title>
			<description>Just a bit of fun :) </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1303764/</link>
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			<title>Life</title>
			<description>Where does my heart lie where is my head Am I really alive or in the shadows of death How funny life is with all it's twist and turns How hard we strugglehow little we learn Is it even a reality or a dream within a dream An image of our souls of what we want life to be ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1303413/</link>
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			<title>Waiting For Eternity </title>
			<description>I walk along cobblestones of grey As the light bleeds from the sky and the night steals the day Alone I wander through an unearthly maze Jumbled thoughts blind me my mind is a haze Fog envelopes my fragile soul Seeps into my veins until I am deathly cold I'm lost in the..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1302928/</link>
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			<title>Day After Day </title>
			<description>Day after day she waited but he never came She sank into darkness as her heart broke knowing she would never love again Shattered pieces of hopeshredded her soul Leaving brutal scars upon something once beautiful and whole It broke her in the end the pain of this world Th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1302459/</link>
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			<title>Emptiness</title>
			<description>Sadness surrounds me&amp;nbsp;on every side&amp;nbsp;No more hellos&amp;nbsp;and no goodbyes&amp;nbsp;Just an emptiness&amp;nbsp;that overwhelms&amp;nbsp;Alone in a world&amp;nbsp;on the verge of hell&amp;nbsp;There's no more light&amp;nbsp;and no more joy&amp;nbsp;No more hope&amp;nbsp;left to employ&amp;nbsp;Shattered dreams fall&amp;nbsp;from a sh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1242880/</link>
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			<title>Doing Time </title>
			<description>It's over now&amp;nbsp;I've waited too long&amp;nbsp;It's too late for tryingall purpose has gone&amp;nbsp;Sadness has seeped&amp;nbsp;into the cracks of my soul&amp;nbsp;The cruelty of the worldhas taken its tollI want to hide away&amp;nbsp;for the rest of my days&amp;nbsp;Slowly vanish from sight&amp;nbsp;as the shadows fade&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1242852/</link>
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			<title>Once Again</title>
			<description>Once again we say goodbye With tears unshedhidden in our eyes You come into my life and then you leaveMemories drift away on the summer breeze I love you more than words can say&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;But there's no truth left in the games we play It's a tug of war between head and heart A battle of wills that ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1211896/</link>
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			<title>I Love You </title>
			<description>I love you that's all I can say I don't know why life has turned out this wayI prefer to feel nothing to remain numb and at peace But you have stirred in me feelings that are demanding release This battle is mine I know that's the truthI fight for freedom from love from my ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1152189/</link>
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			<title>Do You Know</title>
			<description>Do you know how hard it was to care for you as I did I was just a little girl but you were my mum and dad You were supposed to parent me but instead I parented you What other choice did I have there was nothing else I could do You neglected me at every turn left me terrified in..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1151921/</link>
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			<title>The Art of Romance </title>
			<description>This is one of my older poems, I hope you enjoy. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1146048/</link>
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			<title>No More Crap</title>
			<description>I'm not going down&amp;nbsp;without a fight&amp;nbsp;You can do what you want&amp;nbsp;try as hard as you like&amp;nbsp;Makes no difference to meI'm used to life's pain&amp;nbsp;Knock me down&amp;nbsp;I'll just get up again&amp;nbsp;You think cause I'm a girl&amp;nbsp;you can push me around&amp;nbsp;Well you'd better watch out&amp;nbsp;or..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1144966/</link>
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			<title>Do You Know What It's Like</title>
			<description>Do you know what it's liketo be all aloneWith no mother&amp;nbsp;no father&amp;nbsp;no place to call home&amp;nbsp;When you fall on your face&amp;nbsp;and there's nobody there&amp;nbsp;No one to help you&amp;nbsp;no one who cares&amp;nbsp;Do you know what it's like&amp;nbsp;to be a single girl&amp;nbsp;With no one to lean on&amp;nbsp;adri..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1144878/</link>
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			<title>Too Many Times </title>
			<description>This is one of my older poems. I lost the copy I wrote but lately it has been running through my head so I thought I would share it. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1144290/</link>
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			<title>The Fray</title>
			<description>I'm sad today&amp;nbsp;my lights gone away&amp;nbsp;and I may never find it again&amp;nbsp;The words that you saywhen I dare to disobeyleave me in an ocean of painYou blame me&amp;nbsp;for all the things&amp;nbsp;that don't seem to&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;go your way&amp;nbsp;You want to die&amp;nbsp;you scream and cry&amp;nbsp;but I know it's..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1143988/</link>
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			<title>How Did You Feel</title>
			<description>How did you feel&amp;nbsp;when you knocked me down&amp;nbsp;did your heart feel&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;proud&amp;nbsp;Did you laugh out loud&amp;nbsp;as I fell to the ground&amp;nbsp;Hitting the floorwithout a sound&amp;nbsp;As you trampled my bodyin the pale moonlight&amp;nbsp;Danced with the devil&amp;nbsp;in the shadows of the night&amp;nbsp;A..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1143672/</link>
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			<title>I Will Survive </title>
			<description>Tears were shedhearts brokenbut it doesn't matter it never doesWhat else can you expect when you live in a paradise tainted by sin I lay in a shallow grave Lost Tendrils of cold enter into my fleshgrip my bones Like fingers of death they try to engulf mesteal my soul I shiv..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1122902/</link>
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			<title>Heat Rises </title>
			<description>At least I can dream :) </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1122639/</link>
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			<title>Love and Pain</title>
			<description>What do you do whenlove and painbecome interwovenin a deadly game&amp;nbsp;When words get spoken&amp;nbsp;hearts are broken&amp;nbsp;and dreams get washed away&amp;nbsp;in the pouring rainI allowed my heart to lovenow my tears are a flood&amp;nbsp;For a moment in time&amp;nbsp;hope a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1122571/</link>
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			<title>Reality or Dream</title>
			<description>Have my dreams become a reality&amp;nbsp;is my reality just a dream&amp;nbsp;I have the strangest feelingthat nothing's as it seems&amp;nbsp;When I fall asleep&amp;nbsp;you come alive to me&amp;nbsp;You seem so very real&amp;nbsp;but you are nothing but a dream&amp;nbsp;Who are you my love&amp;nbsp;my elusive fantasy&amp;n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1120442/</link>
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			<title>Love Lies Dormant </title>
			<description>Cutme and I bleedHurtme and I feel painTouchme and you will awaken thelight of desire within me&amp;nbsp;Forlove lies dormant inthe depth of my heartalost dreamanecho of things longed for yetunseen&amp;nbsp;Wildand untamedboundlessand ali..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1119829/</link>
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			<title>The Fellowship of Man </title>
			<description>People can be so cruel when they don't get what they want You think they are your friend but then they shut you off As soon as you don't fulfil all their wants and needs They just stab you in the heartleave your soul to bleed Whatever happened to friendship to the fellowship of..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1117380/</link>
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			<title>Who you gonna tell?</title>
			<description>This is a gansta rap I wrote a while ago. I don't write many raps but my girls are into them. Thought I'd share :) </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1116467/</link>
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			<title>Alive </title>
			<description>Listen &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1115925/</link>
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			<title>Words </title>
			<description>Your words cut me like daggerspressing into my heart opening up oldwounds ripping me apart &amp;nbsp;Tears form in myeyes a flowing river ofpainCausing blood topour from my shattered veins&amp;nbsp;Broken I fall into a well ofdespair a fragment..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1115895/</link>
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			<title>Hope Survives </title>
			<description>Agony endures pain as life slips away So sad to see oneso full of light lost in such a way &amp;nbsp;But the hater&amp;rsquo;shated and the demon&amp;rsquo;splayed until nothing wasleft just loss and decay&amp;nbsp;I am empty now nothing remains You have hit..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1115827/</link>
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			<title>Humanity </title>
			<description>The world is shallow and heartlessfull of contemptuous disrespect We have turned away from loveallowed lustful desire to overtake our flesh&amp;nbsp;Blinded by our own egos we use people then just throw them away like so much wasted garbage left to rot in the stench o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1115469/</link>
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			<title>You're Gonna Get Burnt </title>
			<description>Silence filled my mouth&amp;nbsp;but I spat it out&amp;nbsp;Like it was something&amp;nbsp;filthy and vile&amp;nbsp;You tried to render me speechless&amp;nbsp;but instead I rendered you sightlessBlinded you to the feelings&amp;nbsp;of my wounded heart&amp;nbsp;You played the game so well&amp;nbsp;but I just looked on in amusement&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1114883/</link>
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			<title>Vanish</title>
			<description>I hate feelinglike this&amp;nbsp;so hurt and in pain&amp;nbsp;As if nothing that matterswill ever be the same&amp;nbsp;The lights gone out&amp;nbsp;of my fragile soul&amp;nbsp;The darkness has moved in&amp;nbsp;taken over control&amp;nbsp;I wish I could sleep&amp;nbsp;for a thousand years&amp;nbsp;Then wake u..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1108916/</link>
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			<title>Broken </title>
			<description>Likea dagger&amp;nbsp;pain cuts&amp;nbsp;through my heart&amp;nbsp;Love fails&amp;nbsp;once again to start&amp;nbsp;Too many things&amp;nbsp;get in the way&amp;nbsp;Misconstrued&amp;nbsp;the words I say&amp;nbsp;An open wound&amp;nbsp;bleeds into my soul&amp;nbsp;Broken pieces&amp;nbsp;that can never be whole&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1108889/</link>
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			<title>Rest in Me </title>
			<description>Rest in meI'll rest in you&amp;nbsp;Until the stars&amp;nbsp;fade from the sky&amp;nbsp;Make me yours&amp;nbsp;I'll make you mine&amp;nbsp;In love&amp;rsquo;s caress&amp;nbsp;we shall&amp;nbsp;abide&amp;nbsp;Join with mein a lover&amp;rsquo;s dance&amp;nbsp;take me higher&amp;nbsp;than the sun&amp;nbsp;Spirit to spirit&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1108887/</link>
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			<title>The Edge of Eternity </title>
			<description>I sit on the edgeof eternityencapsulated in a cocoon oflight Waiting forcreation to breatheits last breath for forever tocome&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I wait patiently Suspended somewhere betweentime and space Teetering ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1107551/</link>
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			<title>Hungry Eyes </title>
			<description>You look at mewith those hungryeyesTrying to beguileme to hypnotise &amp;nbsp;Your mouth dripshoney words sweeter thanwine You like the feelof my hair the way my eyesshine &amp;nbsp;You devour my body with lustfuldelight try to tempt mewith kis..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1107463/</link>
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			<title>Love Reborn </title>
			<description>Pain burns deep within meoverwhelmed by longingI drown in an endless seaalone in the vastness of time and spacewith no one to hold on toto rescue me&amp;nbsp;I float aimlessly through a boundless universeA lone soul encapsulated in a pain that just wont go..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1107358/</link>
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			<title>Pathways of Life</title>
			<description>Lovelies trapped in a heart brokenfloodedwith tearsawashwith sorrowIsurrender into a void of loneliness&amp;nbsp;LostIwander through dark corridors ofthe deepest nightaimlesslysearching for the light&amp;nbsp;Unknownfaces stare at me asI move thr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1106824/</link>
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			<title>Words Burn</title>
			<description>Your words burn a hole in my soul trace a pathway of destruction through the fibres of my being &amp;nbsp;Each word a bullet set on its path of destruction Aimed for the kill they pierce my heart tear into my flesh leave me wounded and ill&amp;nbsp;You are a ghost..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1106787/</link>
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			<title>I Fall </title>
			<description>Idrift aimlessly througha sea of distant faces &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;amillion souls who stare sightlesslyintothe unknown &amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1106341/</link>
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			<title>Love</title>
			<description>Lovewhy so elusive&amp;nbsp;and hard to attainwhy must we search for that we will never find&amp;nbsp;Like islands we sit alonelostshipwrecked on stormy seaslooking for that which can never be&amp;nbsp;I could drown in love but it avoids melike a mystery it walks ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1106054/</link>
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			<title>A Daughter's Love</title>
			<description>For every blow that fell&amp;nbsp;upon my innocent flesh&amp;nbsp;I shrunk away from you&amp;nbsp;For every pain&amp;nbsp;you caused my heartI hid away in my secret place&amp;nbsp;Went deep inside a world&amp;nbsp;of fantasy and dreams&amp;nbsp;Where I no longer had to seethe angerthat distorted your broken face&amp;nbsp;You were ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1104965/</link>
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			<title>The Day I Wasn't There </title>
			<description>One more for my mum that I wrote a while ago. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1104824/</link>
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			<title>The Breath of an Angel </title>
			<description>I wrote this one a while back after my mum died, I thought I would share it here. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1104814/</link>
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			<title>The Broken Hearted  </title>
			<description>What will become of the broken heartedwill our tears ever drydoes anyone even hear us cry&amp;nbsp;We sit alonedrowning in a loneliness that never endstired of fightingof having to pretend&amp;nbsp;What will become of the broken heartedwill we just fade awaydisapp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1104800/</link>
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			<title>Falling </title>
			<description>Falling into a well ofdespairthere is only darkness no light&amp;nbsp;exists there&amp;nbsp;There'sno more tomorrow and yesterdays goneno point in trying no way to move on&amp;nbsp;The light of promise has grown too dimdreams lay in shattershope is stretched t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1104535/</link>
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			<title>Do You Remember</title>
			<description>Do you rememberwhat you did to meall those years agoWhen you penetratedme with your vileness against my willleft me in thebushes broken and losta pretty girl in apink dress who is now an emptyshell &amp;nbsp;Do you remember how you just walkedaway..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CarolannDowsett/1102393/</link>
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