Free Forest Kids (Book 1) (DRAFT)

|| Disclaimer: Life is wonderful, but not every aspect is beautiful. Although this story isn't entirely grim, it will include sensitive topics essential for the characters' development and story arcs, such as mental and physical abuse, substance abuse, gender dysphoria, sexual assault, abduction, death, suicide, and homicide. ||

What transpired when children desired to rid of self-doubt, fears, and problems?
Perhaps they favored to run from over solve them
Break through their suppressive cage, where the vast silhouettes seemed infinite
Where light rarely shone through crevices and would soon after fade
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Who could blame the young?
Or rather, how could they fault those ones-
When bigger hands kept their mouths shut, or when worst came to worst, left them locked up?
In pitch-black rooms, their minds still sparked like candlelight
Each craving for freedom, grappling for their small embers to ignite
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A few eventually broke free, "lost" among creatures, plants, and trees
A land untamed, which prospers
This is where they discovered the others
All contrasting, yet longing for that one of the same
Oh, how inherently, at the core, we'll never change
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There, the fires spread but never scorched
Occasionally wavered, shifted to another torch
Personalities and vulnerabilities were bestowed
Yet such as tall trees and streams that continue to flow, bonds only grew
Some heard faint laughter, but no one truly knew who's
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Each season passed with greens, oranges, and browns
Each comrade arrived with every new town
Two or three leaves descended, and plenty more drifted, pursuing their journey elsewhere
Some creatures were hunted, although it seemed unfair
A star's light appeared to fade, but it's okay
It's okay
Inevitably, their glow contributed, guiding the way
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Ultimately, the trek was as trivial as it was life-changing for several, beyond expectancy and memorable
And no matter how their paths split in the end...
They'll have always been Free Forest friends