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October 6, 2012
By Stella_Val_Illicia GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Stella_Val_Illicia GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
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&quot;In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and been widely regarded as a bad idea.&quot;<br /> --Douglas Adams

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To be sane



Is to be bound
By chains



And ropes around your neck
Most acquire it


Others are born with it
Most wish for it


Others flee it
I dare say


I am among
Those who run



For I value
My own priorities


to remain
A single chess piece


On an empty checkerboard
A mountain in the sea


The fog of dawn in the evening
That is what defines me



To catch and bottle me
To kill a spirit so utterly free


That is sanity
I know not what becomes


Of those who search for sanity
And find it lying open


On a night with no moon
beneath it, unnoticed,


The buried truth
Though I do know


If I were looking for sanity
I would be sane too

© David L., Succasunna, NY

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I consider myself insane and proud of it :)
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writinggirl20 PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 10 2013 at 9:30 am
writinggirl20 PLATINUM, Marksville, Louisiana
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this is well written and reminds me somelike the movie tinkerbell like when they try to catch her  
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Apr. 1 2013 at 4:11 pm
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Lol, this was very well written. You're poems are always so relatable :) :)
GuardianoftheStars GOLD said...
on Dec. 27 2012 at 11:01 am
GuardianoftheStars GOLD, Shongaloo, Louisiana
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This made me laugh out loud. It was so good and neat! I loved it ^_^
Stella_Val_Illicia GOLD said...
on Dec. 15 2012 at 10:33 pm
Stella_Val_Illicia GOLD, Salt Lake City, Utah
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I have no idea what happened with the enters thing, but thanks for your feedback!
Honour SILVER said...
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Alright, so it's a good message, and I like it.    I just find the three or four enters every two lines rather hard to read.  That could just be me, or it could be TI messing with you.  I don't know.
ninjamuffin SILVER said...
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Great job! The formatting and language is perfect and I love the meaning. Why conform to societies idea of "normal". we are all so different that there's no point being anyone but themselves.
Padoodallee GOLD said...
on Oct. 17 2012 at 10:43 pm
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So wonderful and powerful! What is sanity but what everyone else considers to be right?