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May 3, 2012
By ScarlettRose390 PLATINUM, Hawthorne, New Jersey
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ScarlettRose390 PLATINUM, Hawthorne, New Jersey
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&quot;Nothing is impossible, only unbelievable.&quot;<br /> &quot;Gotta keep doing it if I want to get better. Gotta stop doing it if I want to ger worse. Gotta do it sometimes if I want to stay the same.&quot;

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The perfect flower
Withers at the hand of my neglect
Time rearranges its beauty
Though my love remains intact
If I would only see
Glance its way
Realize the scorn
Prevent the decay
Bring life to we
But I’ll never learn
Simply lend it one breath
Until it dries and shrivels
To a silent death

© Allison S., Eau Claire, WI

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Something I wrote for poem in your pocket day.
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Padoodallee GOLD said...
on Sep. 2 2012 at 10:43 pm
Padoodallee GOLD, Haven, Kansas
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&quot;I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.&quot; -Michelangelou

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eerily beautiful. Depressingly Enchanting