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Wingless Behind this Wall

October 5, 2013
By micshea99 PLATINUM, Matthews, North Carolina
micshea99 PLATINUM, Matthews, North Carolina
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I am crippled,
disheveled,
Hiding behind a wall that I have built myself.

I hide behind this wall
Frightened
by my new visitors that want to chip away at my wall.

What if they don't find what they want? They won't rebuild my wall!

I will be exposed and unsafe...
a fragile, wingless butterfly.

I'm not fragile.
Nor wingless.
Just scared of my potential.

I could grow wings if I tried.

One day, people will be chipping away at my wall and I will fly up over the top telling them to drop their tools!

I will spread my sparkling, white wings and touch the sky! Every cloud, every star... maybe even the moon!

I will destroy the walls I once hid behind as my visitors watch in amazement.

When I am ready I will grow wings.

But will I ever be ready?



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on Oct. 11 2013 at 4:40 pm
micshea99 PLATINUM, Matthews, North Carolina
47 articles 0 photos 72 comments
Thank You!

on Oct. 11 2013 at 4:17 pm
theblondechick GOLD, Kingsport, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
I want to live and feel all the shades, tones, and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.
And I am horribly limited.
-Sylvia Path

I find this really pretty! It's really relatable.