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The Journey

October 14, 2011
By MadiBird PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"Hate isn't the opposite of love. Indifference is the opposite of love. Because if you hate, you still care."

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So lost for the longest of times
Not sure where I was going
What I was looking for couldn't be found

Didn't know where I stood in this world
Didn't know what I could be
when there was nothing else around

I'm still searching for meaning,
trying to find my way
Not sure where I'm going
but I'll figure it out someday

I was hoping to find myself
by retracing my steps
Hoping the past could be relived

But when I turned around,
and began to look back,
all I could see was a blanket of mist

I'm still searching for meaning,
trying to find my way
Not sure where I'm going
but I'll figure it out someday

The past is a book that has become closed,
so the place to go is forward
into the depths of the unknown

I'm scared, but determined to find myself
I started this journey in solitude,
but I won't end this alone

I'm still searching for meaning,
trying to find my way
Not sure where I'm going
but I'll figure it out someday

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