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    Bittersweet Goodbye
    Bittersweet Goodbye
    Bittersweet Goodbye
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    Bittersweet Goodbye

    By Kira Woodsbury

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    Poetry is when your heart writes a letter that your mind can't always express. This book is a collection of poems and prose that chronicle my journey through the end times of an addictive relationship. These writings are my bittersweet goodbye...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWalking in the Light
    Release dateAug 27, 2013
    ISBN9781301540334
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      Bittersweet Goodbye - Kira Woodsbury

      INTRODUCTION

      Mr O. was my love addiction for almost a year. He was the sweet hearted bad boy that women love to love.

      It was the fairytale romance that I’d dreamt of since I was a little girl. The kind of love that makes a girl believe in star crossed lovers and true love’s kiss. He was my Prince Charming and I was his Snow White. Until, we took a bite of addiction’s poison apple.

      The minute our lips touched the addiction poison, we were transformed into evil characters. Needless to say, our fairytale did not end with a happily ever after.

      This book is a collection of poems and prose that I wrote in an effort to break free from my addictive relationship with Mr. O. Writing became my weapon of choice when waging war against my addict

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