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=**__Rolling the Stone: Being Oneself Is Not an Offence__**=
 * __By Jessie Freesia__**



Late at night, listening to the patter of the rain drops hitting against my bedroom windows, I wish that my tears could fade away. Mother’s suicide is constantly on my mind. Drinking alcohol, non-stop, half of her soul was gone when she divorce Father. The droplets of rain remind me of the moment when I wasn’t able to stop Mother’s blood from gathering on the gravel just outside the dining room window. The word Father reminded me of nothing but hatred. That’s all there is.

//***// For a sad fact, people have been spreading crazy rumours about me around the neighbourhood as if I were //famous////,// a celebrity of sorts. “Look at her….Doesn’t she looks like a puppy that won’t bark because it has been badly wounded?” I heard this one repeatedly like a chant.

I speak here of a host of yesterdays when days seemed long and the light barely flickered though the summer encouraged it. Darkness spreads his gloom each day of my life and sunshine lost his battle long since.

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Droplets of blood give a sign of death the visualized the foreshadowing of the story. The bat and devil represent darkness as the background of the collage. On the top right corner, the small yellow bird is a symbol of Natalie who has been lock up in the “gate”. Cactus indicates the outer appearance of Natalie, who’s really no more than a little cat that needs a lot of care. As the story developed, Natalie’s true self begins to show. The hard Cactus melts in the warmth of rose as a symbol for the love between Natalie and Anderson. Hearted candies give a taste of the sweet love as it is shown on the right bottom corner.

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