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A Better Version of Me

March 21, 2023
By abbykaufman949 BRONZE, Ladera Ranch, California
abbykaufman949 BRONZE, Ladera Ranch, California
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I wish to live

Vicariously

Through the big eyes

Of someone new

I wish to walk

Through itchy green fields

With grass up to my knees

In a body that isn’t mine

I wish to touch

and feel the warmth of all things

The ground, the sky, and the trees

With altered fingertips

And with my new form

My old one will dissolve in

Or sink to the very bottom of

The deep blue unforgiving sea


The author's comments:

This poem is just about wanting to be someone else or at least escape the troubles of your own life. I feel because of social media my own feelings of wanting to live other people’s lives throughout my adolescence has been intensified beyond what it might’ve been had I never downloaded instagram. 


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on Mar. 23 2023 at 11:06 pm
manimahem BRONZE, Conyers, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
I feel like death and it’s lovely
I am dead and lovely

ughh i relate to this so much, i didn't even know how much i felt like this until i got off of social media

on Mar. 23 2023 at 11:06 pm
manimahem BRONZE, Conyers, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I feel like death and it’s lovely
I am dead and lovely

ughh i relate to this so much, i didn't even know how much i felt like this until i got off of social media