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Nobody Needs Broken Glass

March 18, 2019
By Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
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Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

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I've always felt like I’m made of glass.

I’m only sharp if you break me.

Then it’s your fault if you cut yourself.


You look through me, not at me.

Like a windowpane on a rainy day,

You search for the sun, I’m not in that sky.


What happens when you leave me?

My pieces on the ground, scattered.

Nobody needs broken glass.


Broken isn’t pretty, it’s painful.

Maybe it can be pretty?

Maybe I can be pretty?


Sea glass.

Stained glass.

Mosaics.


I.

Am.

Me.

If that doesn’t please you, I’m not sorry.

© Leonora J., Fullerton, CA

The author's comments:

I was feeling particularly unapologetic when I wrote this! Haha! There’s not really an emotional connection behind this, I just feel like a lot of people can relate to it. One person doesn’t, and shouldn’t, define you! Don’t let anybody control your life or determine your self worth! 

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Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 29 2019 at 11:43 am
Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
57 articles 22 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

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Aww, thank you @fisla23! I really appreciate it! :)
fisla23 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 29 2019 at 10:12 am
fisla23 BRONZE, Monticello, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok it's not the end"-John Lennon

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This was amazing and deserves to be liked a lot!! Keep up the good work!
Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 29 2019 at 8:47 am
Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
57 articles 22 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

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Thank you! :)
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 29 2019 at 12:56 am
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
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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

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Ooh, it's beautifully poetic. Great message, and what a wonderful poem, I really liked this!