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Righteous Me

July 1, 2013
By MadelineSwift PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
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I should be proud
of righteous me.
I went out on a limb for his company.

Though I was rejected
with a quickly spurred, "Oh".
A turn of the shoulder.
A heart breaking "No".

I stepped out of my box,
let my feelings show.
Allowed leniency
where my secrets don't flow.

But where my heart should swell
with the courage I've displayed
lies a door leading to empty
where I opened, and was played.

© Mike V., Morgantown, PA

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MadelineSwift PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 8 2013 at 9:21 pm
MadelineSwift PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
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Haha thank you!
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 8 2013 at 9:37 am
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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It is better to write for yourself and have no audience than write for your audience and have no self.

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oooooo i see. thats deep shiz.
MadelineSwift PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 7 2013 at 6:30 pm
MadelineSwift PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
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It's describing that she should be proud that she tried but instead there's just this empty space where she opened up to this person but he took what she gave him and left, leaving her empty.
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 7 2013 at 4:41 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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the first three stanzas were very inspiring, but i dont quite understand the last one. Could you explain?:)