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March 21, 2013
By migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
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migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
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"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." --Marcus Aurelius

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little wanderer
shaking your tin cup
you’re a waste of beauty and you
just can’t fix yourself
little poet
spend all your time trying
to erase mistakes you’ve made rather than
stitching up your story
little lover
blind to the beautiful world
seeing only someone else-
you’ll hurt yourself
little angel
on your moth wings
reaching for the light but
you’ll be burned

we’ll always be better
when we’re being someone else

© Sandy H., Woodbridge, CT

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Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 22 2013 at 6:57 pm
Laugh-it-Out PLATINUM, Brooklyn, New York, New York
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"Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" --Dylan Thomas

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Wow, vivid powerful and filled with raw emotion. I felt every word. Please, Never. Stop. Writing.
Mckay ELITE said...
on Apr. 17 2013 at 1:24 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Once again, you capture a hopless feeling we human possess and try vainly to rid ourselves from it but inevitably we cannot do so. We try so hard to be ourselves that in the end we unknowingly become someone else. 
jonpettigrew SILVER said...
on Apr. 16 2013 at 2:30 pm
jonpettigrew SILVER, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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I think it is better without rhythm

I liked how you made the last 2 lines really pop out by seperating  them from the rest
theatregirl PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 29 2013 at 12:50 pm
theatregirl PLATINUM, Lathrup Village, Michigan
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Great poem. I liked it. It could use a bit more of a rhythm, but really it nice.