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Rachel M.: Only once
Mary Elizabeth: Looking for the me inside
Kasey: Faith and love
Beverly: Today I took a walk...
Rachel P: The true me (read by Sara)
Tiffany: Sweet, sad song
Ashley & Sara: Our friendship
Roxanne: A knock on God's door
Kate: A special friend
Jackie: Stubborn bicuspids
Amanda: Lost Angel
Kayla: The sound I heard last night
Ryan & Kayla: I smelt a smelly smell
Sara: The vision thing
Mary Elizabeth: What is love
Rachel M: A long kiss goodnight
Roxanne: Selfish
Ashley: It all comes in time
Tifanny: Power vs. truth
Kate: Nice Gal
Mary Elizabeth: Dylan
Beverly: Serendipity
Renee: These words are mine
Ashley & Kasey: Typical guests
 
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Looking for the Me Inside (0:59)
by Mary Elizabeth.
 

No where to turn
No place to hide
My mind is in a place I don't recognize
It's unimaginable
So quiet
So dark
So empty I'm scared
I'm frightened
There's now way out!
I scream but no one hears me
Cry but no one cares
I use sleep as an escape
But sleep only comes with nightmares
Is it my fault that I feel this way?
I'm in a deep endless hole that won't go away
Sometimes someone throws a rope to me
To try to save from my grieving life
But always when I'm halfway up to the top
The rope just gives out
And lets me fall
I fall and fall until I cannot fall any more
Yet I go on and on
With my endless journey to the top
Sometimes I give up
When I think there's no way out
But something's always at the top of the pit to lift me right back out.