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June 6, 2016
By L.J.Barnes. GOLD, Powhatan, Virginia
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L.J.Barnes. GOLD, Powhatan, Virginia
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Avoid roasted cabbage, don&#039;t eat earwax and look on the bright side of life!<br /> ~Angela the Herbalist

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My thoughts are an ocean

That I simply cannot fathom

In to words

Sand between my fingers

Sun in my eyes

Rising

Rising


Then gone with the tide

No matter how hard I try

To express

All these pent up emotions


I end up building sandcastles

That crumple

Never a Michelangelo masterpiece

That withstands the test of time

 

A notebook gathering dust

A swirl of emotions gone in an instant
And not a single idea to show for it.

© Sarah M., Blairsville, PA

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ambivalent SILVER said...
on Jun. 11 2016 at 8:17 pm
ambivalent SILVER, West Bend, Wisconsin
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everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. the worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. [sylvia plath]

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The first line bears a stark similarity to a quote from "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green: "My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations." I don't know if you've read it or not, but your poem is lovely. Keep writing!
kitchen_sink BRONZE said...
on Jun. 11 2016 at 11:21 am
kitchen_sink BRONZE, Remsen, New York
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AAAH i get this utterly and completely