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An Orange Rhyme

January 17, 2010
By Raven_Gris SILVER, Lilburn, Georgia
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Raven_Gris SILVER, Lilburn, Georgia
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“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically... I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me.... I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.”-Anais Nin

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"I wish I had a mango tree
In my back yard"
I wish we could talk simply
Without being barred
I wish I had enough strength
To tell you how I feel
I wish I could swallow pride
To make this real
I'm deceiving
You: wide eyed and
Believing
You don't deserve me
I want to let you be
Without...
But I can't stand apart from you
I can't find the words that are true
Pilling my pieces in the corner
The things into the mirror I murmur
Leave me in my shambles
Shake off your tears and trembles
Take up spine
And save yourself
Cut the roots of strangling vine

© Alice B., Sarasota, FL

The author's comments:
Inspired by "Mango Tree" by Angus & Julia Stone
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