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Oceans Away

September 29, 2013
By sullivano17 PLATINUM, Boston, Massachusetts
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sullivano17 PLATINUM, Boston, Massachusetts
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You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it. - Art Buchwald

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Blank canvases

That is how

our story begins

With people

we dream of meeting

Because bodies of water

separate us

From the possible

happiness or success

Do you wonder

why I put the 'or'

It is because

you must choose one

Happiness

or

Success

but bodies of water

don't separate me and my fears.

And the tears I create

Could create another ocean

That would separate us

from anything

and everything.

© Amanda L., Cumberland, MD

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iDani-iBeauty SILVER said...
on Jun. 13 2014 at 6:53 pm
iDani-iBeauty SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
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Very meaningful message captured in this poem . Good job ! 
MalaikaJ GOLD said...
on May. 31 2014 at 12:44 pm
MalaikaJ GOLD, Cloquet, Minnesota
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I liked the part where you talked about the 'or'. Your question grabbed my attention and made me think about success and happinnes. Maybe you could take that part out of this poem and make it into a different one. Good job!