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Why It Is Necessary to Have Screens On Your Windows

August 22, 2011
By snaomi PLATINUM, Cheshire, Connecticut
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I orbit you as a moth to a light –
With full knowledge that,
One day,
I will circle too close,
And burn up.

© Cecilia M., Grand Bay-Westfield, NB, Canada

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For my acting teacher and her mother - thank you for helping me share my grief and for sharing yours with me.
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AlaskaFrost GOLD said...
on Jul. 8 2013 at 10:44 pm
AlaskaFrost GOLD, Acushnet, Massachusetts
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You are seriously so talented. I love every poem you write!
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"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
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You're one of the best on this site. This poem is testimony to that.