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November 22, 2012
By 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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They say when one door closes another opens.
But what happens when all the doors are closed?
And your locked in some room,
And you claustrophobic.
The walls start closing in,
You've led yourself to the end,
Because there's no way out,
But every way led in.

© Samantha H., Savannah, GA

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CrossBow PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 8 2017 at 12:47 pm
CrossBow PLATINUM, Harlem, Georgia
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.<br /> https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/n/normancous121747.html

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not bad but keep working
-Duckie- GOLD said...
on Dec. 28 2012 at 1:01 pm
-Duckie- GOLD, West Fargo, North Dakota
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Your heart is a weapon the size of your fist. Keep fighting. Keep loving.<br /> -Anonymous

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Ooooh. So much power in such simple lines! YOu have a gift. Check out some of my work? I wish this was longer!!
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 6 2012 at 6:16 pm
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
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&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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The last line of this is absolutely fabulous. :)