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What's Real

July 17, 2018
By A-Writer SILVER, Pleasanton, California
A-Writer SILVER, Pleasanton, California
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Favorite Quote:
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched-they must be felt with the heart."- Helen Keller


A mist of air. Waves. These seem real.

Life. Nature. Everything all around us

Seems real. We conceive them 

To be real.

 

Words that carry weight. Words that send an echo of warmth. 

The words that resonate into the past, present, and future. 

The sands of time. The white grains slipping through one's fingers.

Bordering the sea of existence. Two paths

That never seem to diverge. 

And though the future is never to be seen

Across the boundless ocean. 

We feel content, while knowing

That we are here, standing on the shore.

And this is what we know to be real.  


The author's comments:

I worked on this poem with my little sister to encourage her to keep writing. 


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on Sep. 8 2018 at 2:07 pm
A-Writer SILVER, Pleasanton, California
8 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched-they must be felt with the heart."- Helen Keller

Thanks! <3

on Aug. 12 2018 at 12:42 pm
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
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Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller

Wonderful, @A-Writer! It's beautiful and sweet, I'd love to read more of your work!