in the woods running free and wild
smiling for a painting to be placed on the walls of her room
hiding away her sorrows in the greenery
playing with polly's makeup
lying awake at night, afraid to fall asleep because of nightmares
a painting of her commissioned by Polly-it hangs in Polly's home
she flinches away from any who touch her
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Savage Beast-A Peaky Blinders retelling of Helen Keller
FanfictionLily Shelby is the youngest sibling of the Shelby clan. When she was a toddler, fever struck her and left her forever changed. Her life is reduced to stumbling around in silence and darkness, as she is blind, deaf and mute. The Shelby's are growing...