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July 5, 2012
i_am_so_very_large_and_towering SILVER, Mililani, Hawaii
5 articles 1 photo 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?"


The stitches on the blue couch
Stretch into tiny mountains that I climb when it's raining
Because I Can.

I have pennies
In a glass jar that clatter
On top of each other
And freckles on my eyelids
that I can't see when I blink
And I tell myself to smile when it's sunny
And to not start sentences with and
And to fill in silence with words
In ballpoint pens
That bleed onto the paper behind it.

Because I Care.

I care so much that I'll
Move to a nursing home with yellow wallpaper
And wrinkle the skin on my eyelids
And wear glasses so dusty I won't have
Excuses to see the weather.
And I'll buy thicker paper
And stuff white noise
In my ears.

And the blue stitches will
Blur into flat land
That I can't climb.

And really don't want to anymore.



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on Dec. 22 2012 at 2:33 pm
TaylorWintry DIAMOND, Carrollton, Texas
72 articles 0 photos 860 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby." - Unknown

This has so much symbolism, detail, etc. It's absolutely amazing. Don't eveer stop writing!!

OldYoungOne said...
on Nov. 6 2012 at 10:57 pm
I like it. Could you comment and rate my poems as well. I'm trying to coem up as a peot so I would really appreciate it.

on Nov. 6 2012 at 6:45 pm
Sarah_Oso SILVER, Peachtree City, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.
(G. Brooks)

The language, the simplicity, the symbolism, the beauty, the detail, the abstractness of it all - it takes my breath away. Please keep on writing, making our word a little less grey.

on Oct. 26 2012 at 1:52 pm
Lovemelovemenot BRONZE, Sparks, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are usually the ones who do.

I feel like that came from a book filled with Emily Dickinson's poems. She is one of the best poets known to man and I have a feeling you will be too. AMAZING job, please keep writing!!!!(:

so_joy SILVER said...
on Sep. 8 2012 at 8:10 pm
so_joy SILVER, Navesink, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 722 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be the change you want to see."

Amazing!! I love this!! Please read, rate, and comment on my poems! Thanks! 

on Jul. 11 2012 at 8:09 pm
kianacaranto BRONZE, Mililani, Hawaii
1 article 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that death will tremble to take us." -Charles Bukowski

RISA YOURE AMAZING AND YOUR WRITING IS AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU AND COME BACK FROM MINNESOTA ALREADY <3