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Stay for a Bit

January 11, 2019
By Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
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Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

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Everything dies here, I’m sorry to say.

Why don’t you sit among the stones and stay

For a bit? Mind the dirt, it’s freshly turned

And don’t crush the flowers left here today.


I apologize about the shadowy gloom,

I promise this place is happy— well…

Maybe that’s a stretch. Anyway,

You can’t leave you’ve just arrived.


Your room is ready, the bed is made,

Lay down and rest, to leave would be rude.

The gates have closed, their iron jaws shut.

The sun is sinking and the shadows long.


I’m sorry to say that you really can’t leave.

Your stone is marked and your flowers fresh.

I promise you, I’m not that bad,

After all, you can’t escape me, don’t even try.

© Alexandra Y., Lubbock, TX

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Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 27 2019 at 12:39 am
Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
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&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

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Thank you! I wrote it with a very patronizing and sarcastic voice. I wanted it to be morbid and peaceful, so, yay!
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 25 2019 at 3:40 pm
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Wow, it's dark and yet really lovely and somehow just...peaceful. :) Great job!