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Critsina's World

October 23, 2012
By kitten489 BRONZE, Mundelein, Illinois
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Never start frowning because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.

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Gray clouds above me
Slowly shifting from sight
Ever so softly
Such elegance…

Screams penetrate my ears
The shouts from the barn getting louder
And louder
Breaking any peace I may have had.

No escape
Never any escape.
Ma and Pa will battle until the end of time
While I get lost in the cross fire.

From where I lay,
I turn slightly
Watching and waiting.
The screams go down
The battle has ended
For now.

Another moment of peace
Drifting away with the clouds.

© Jennifer T., Hanson, MA

The author's comments:
This poem was inspired by Andrew Wyeth's 1948 painting, Christina's World. Basically the piece goes into what her possible thoughts are in the painting.
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kitten489 BRONZE said...
on Dec. 18 2012 at 12:23 pm
kitten489 BRONZE, Mundelein, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Never start frowning because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.

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thatnk you :)
Shortblueeyes224 DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 29 2012 at 3:13 pm
Shortblueeyes224 DIAMOND, Auburntown, Tennessee
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"Are We Happy Plastic People"- Casting Crowns "While we're sung to sleep by philosophies that save the trees and kill the children" - Casting Crowns "It's such a secret place, the land of tears"Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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This is really great! keep up the work :)