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Dividend

October 19, 2012
By mdoering PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
mdoering PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
“Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It's like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that's the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you're an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.”
― Neal Shusterman, Unwind


You awaken a fear in me.
It is not dumb, deaf, nor blind
But a simple manifestation of weakness
That cannot duck or hide.

Within the center of my being
Lives an angel, lurking, singing.
He has fair hair and deep blue eyes
And a warm embrace
That cannot hide.

My soul is weak
And calling out
But the angel never hears me shout.
He breathes in smoke
And drowns in sighs
Among the words that cannot hide.

You are different, real, alive.
You have hope, you have worth
You can thrive.
I thought this meant I could claim you as mine
But love revealed a secret
Too frightening to hide.

The two of you belong together
In heaven you will live forever
Free from all the ties that bind
And from all the pain you held inside

So I give you my permission
Go, carry out your mission
And I promise
My soul will heal in time
From the gaping wound I failed to hide.



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