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May 13, 2013
By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
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EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&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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When did she get so tall?

Her curls still red,
but ironed straight.
Straight as her confident shoulders.
They shift so slightly as she walks.
She walks with great big grown up steps.

Grown up steps?
Who taught this little girl
to walk so big?
Surely not me,
with my frightened trot
and loose puppy trips?
And her brother the same,
golden hair,
golden heart,
golden retriever gait.

She moves somewhere between adult and giraffe,
feet hungry for whatever
the future may bring,
that ambitious red head
reaching for the newest vision.

When did she get so tall?

© Haley S., Long Beach, CA

The author's comments:
This is for Natalie. I am so incredibly proud of the bright young person you are becoming. Keep it up! Love, Em <3
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EPluribusUnum DIAMOND said...
on May. 28 2013 at 7:22 pm
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&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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You are so sweet! :D It's so nice to hear from you again! And don't worry, your response makes perfect sense! Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it! I can't wait to read more of your writing :)
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND said...
on May. 25 2013 at 6:44 am
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

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I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

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Emily! It's been long! How long? I don't remember, but what matters is that I'm back and the first article of yours that greets me is this amazing beautiful sweet thing I don't even have the sense to write something proper as it has made me so happy as I read it and I wanted to write something now and not after so hopefully this won't be confusing or ridiculous.  This poem absolutely deserves that red check! My favourite part was how you started and ended with the same sentence "when did she get so tall?" which I loved. You keep up this amazing writing! Your sister is very lucky! To have an elder sister like you.
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND said...
on May. 19 2013 at 8:51 pm
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&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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<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
PixiePoet GOLD said...
on May. 19 2013 at 11:21 am
PixiePoet GOLD, Woodbine, Maryland
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&quot;We must not lose this sense of possibility because in the end, it&#039;s all we have.&quot; - Marina Keegan

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Oh my gosh Emily!!  You're so awesome, and an amazing writer!!  This is beautiful!!  One day you're going to be an unbelievably talented puplished writer, you're that good.  You're also the best sister ever :D