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August 1, 2013
By arollercoasterthatonlygoesup GOLD, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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"I'm not saying everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is." - John Green, Paper Towns.

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I won't waste your time
saying that things will get better
the way that everyone else does.

What I will do
is remind you of sailors
because once they get their sea legs
they are steady
even when the boat is rocking.

Yours are coming soon.

© Christina L., Great Falls, VA

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arollercoasterthatonlygoesup GOLD said...
on Aug. 2 2013 at 1:27 pm
arollercoasterthatonlygoesup GOLD, Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m not saying everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is.&quot; - John Green, Paper Towns.

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Thank you!! 
Mckay ELITE said...
on Aug. 1 2013 at 4:39 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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I completely agree with 100%. I don't understand why some people can't be honest when times are tough and not promise that thing'll get better. Sometimes they won't. All we can do is hold on. Very thought-provoking poem that derserves the Editors' Choice it got.