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A Lie Becoming Truth

April 9, 2015
By casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." -Maya Angelou


What is this stirring?

Is it a glitch?

Were my heart and brain made with a twitch?

Were my common sense and dreams accidentally switched?

It has resided inside me for a while,

to take place as more than just a free trial,

but I denied its urge to come out,

it pounded against the walls of my heart, but I ignored its shouts.

'This is not normal,' I told myself,

'This glitch does not exist in anyone else-

give it up, ignore the pleading,'

but after the pounding my heart began bleeding,

and now I wanted it to come out too,

it was not lying; it was true.

'This is me,' whispered I,

'Normal or not, you do not have to lie.'

It is who I am,

I hope you will see.

This is not a lie,

this is me.


The author's comments:

I was scared to be myself for a really long time and then I met my best friend who let me know it was okay to be me. Cheesy? Yes. True? Absolutely.


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on Apr. 16 2015 at 8:24 pm
casey_lg PLATINUM, Clemmons, North Carolina
20 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
"history, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." -Maya Angelou

I am so happy! And inspired! We need more people like you around here.

on Apr. 16 2015 at 3:33 pm
TheComet PLATINUM, Mostaganem, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret&quot; -Ambrose Bierce<br /> &quot; Be yourself! Everybody else is already taken ;)&quot;<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t go where the path leads you. Go instead where there&#039;s no path and leave a trail ;)&quot;-R.W.Emerson

Nice one, I really like it! I just posted a poem talking about something quiet like that, it's stil in pending approval. I surely agree with you, it's hard at first to act naturally. However, I leaned to be proud of who I am, cuz no one is perfect and neither am I. So I'm just proud of being good enough ^_^ Thank you for sharing this. It was really beautiful.