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Here's to the weird and wonderful.

October 23, 2013
By icsparkles GOLD, Yarmouth, Maine
icsparkles GOLD, Yarmouth, Maine
13 articles 4 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future is my favorite home.


Here’s to the weird and the wonderful:
I know you’ve had those nights
where the rain could not compete in volume of water
to the saltiness running down your cheeks.
I know the pounding on the pavement from your feet
as you run from the demons that chase and tie you down,
have no competition with the pounding of your heart
when you hold silence to your sobs, and force them to coexist.
I know the sound of a music concerts cannot challenge
the volume of which the voices in your head have screamed
into your already bloody ears, that cannot take another moment of torture.
I know that the tapping of your foot has nothing to do with ADHD
But with the nerves in your body, waiting to be unleashed
as you attempt to keep your anxiety hidden.
Here’s to the weird and wonderful:
Within all your hard times,
Even knowing there are more to come,
know also that there are many times of good as well.
I promise you this:
That there really is a bright side,
that the jar is technically full,
half of water, then half of air.
Within all the things that cause us trouble,
we have to stand tall, try our best,
because we are not alone, no matter how alone we feel.
Here’s to the weird and wonderful:
Raise your fist in triumph, because you have made it through another day.
You have survived, and I am proud of you.
Smile in the mirror as you see someone you don’t know look back at you,
because there will come a time when you know that person very well.
Allow yourself the simple things, because they are why we live.
Here’s to the weird and the wonderful:
We can do it.
And we will.


The author's comments:
This is an inspirational piece that I am putting in a chapbook for the ButtonPoetry competition in June, and this poem means a lot to me.

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on Oct. 30 2013 at 8:12 am
icsparkles GOLD, Yarmouth, Maine
13 articles 4 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future is my favorite home.

Thank you, I shall work on that. ^.^

on Oct. 29 2013 at 12:15 pm
Shards_of_my_soul GOLD, BHUBANESWAR, Other
17 articles 15 photos 68 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst,<br /> then you certainly don&#039;t deserve at my best!<br /> <br /> it is the events that shape our lives, <br /> but it is the choices we make that define us...<br /> <br /> life is not about finding yourself,<br /> life is about creating yourself

three cheers for the weird and wonderful !!! hip hip hurray!!! hip hip hurray!!!! hip hip hurray!!!! excellent writing...though i would suggest to divide it into proper lines and stanzas...you know....for the flow....otherwise, smashing theme!!! ^_^