Roses by Tessa
When I see a rose I think of
my life, beautiful on the outside
but if you get too close you get pricked
My life as it is now is hard and tearful
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Tessa from Great Falls, Montana writes, “Most of my poems are based on life morals or things that have happened throughout my life. I am 16 years old and have been in the system of group homes since I was 11 so they all mean something.”