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My Cage

April 2, 2011
By Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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What will they say
What will they think
Shall I soar today
Or will I sink

Questions without answers
Filling my mind
Leaping like dancers
To unbalanced time

My doubts spin wires
Barbed with premature opinions
I build my cage
Before the key

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Libra97 PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 5 2011 at 2:54 pm
Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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Thanks so much! I'm so glad you liked the ending, I was wondering how people would react to it. It's so nice to know people appreciate your work!
kurozora said...
on Nov. 5 2011 at 2:37 pm
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Writing is crucial. I can&#039;t explain why, but my whole world balances on words. I hope that if everyone were to read my writing, then somehow the gears of someone&#039;s world might shift ever so slightly, for the better.

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I am fond of how you ended the poem, unrhymed. It threw me off at first, but it really adds to the sense of unease. The image of a cage being built before the key - amazing.