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That Gorgeous

December 11, 2008
By LindseyLemon SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
LindseyLemon SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 1 photo 9 comments

I write these words so I can be heard
I write these words so I can be learned.
Pain in my mind Pain in my eyes.
Distraught with these thoughts I can't help but realize.
This is my time to stand up and shine
This is my time to get out of the line

I breathe in this oxygen
I cough and clear my throat
I fall to the dirt as I spit and choke
The world is trying to hold me back
Trying to keep me on their crack
As if I can't think for myself
The world is trying to think for me

Left in the dirt I stare to the skies
Suddenly the pain in my eyes
Washes away as I begin to now realize
Everything in life is of a great surprise.
I stop the spitting, I stop the choking
I breathe in this oxygen and I feel born again
I smile to these skies as I cry, I cry

These tears I shed are not because of what has been done
These tears I shed are not because my life seems worthless
These tears I shed are because these skies are gorgeous.

I spread my arms out, extended as if to fly
My smile grows wider and I laugh and I sigh
I fall backwards on to this dirt, my Mother Earth
With new thoughts and new feelings
New meanings and new beginnings
I am those skies, I am that gorgeous.



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Indilove GOLD said...
on Apr. 25 2012 at 7:48 am
Indilove GOLD, Kenockee, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
No one is your strength or guidance. If life is what you wish to live then do not bind your soul to something unreal. The creater nor the keeper can heal you for it is blind faith that leads you.

this is so great!!! ur rythm is so perfect its amazing!!!!

a_essie BRONZE said...
on Dec. 6 2010 at 9:38 pm
a_essie BRONZE, St. Louis, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
Fairy Tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. --G.K. Chesteron

Love it! "These tears I shed are because these skies are gorgeous." and "I am those skies, I am that gorgeous." are wonderful lines!

on Jun. 13 2010 at 8:27 pm
nobodyknows GOLD, White Sulphur Springs, Montana
14 articles 0 photos 4 comments
Very inpiring:)

on Feb. 1 2010 at 2:39 pm
ShernayB. DIAMOND, Southfield, Michigan
62 articles 1 photo 881 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Some things will never change"---Tupac

Beautiful.

Your words are inspiring

on Nov. 27 2009 at 12:32 pm
sasssgirrrl22 PLATINUM, Pearl River, New York
27 articles 0 photos 266 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Giving up is not a part of my vocabulary."
"Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."
"Truth be told I miss ya, truth be told I'm lying."

very enlightening, true & hopeful. awesome job

on Mar. 30 2009 at 8:04 pm
YeseniaG SILVER, Livonia, Michigan
7 articles 1 photo 122 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is what happens when you're busy making plans.

very hopeful and uplifting.

Magistrate said...
on Dec. 24 2008 at 8:36 pm
Very enlightening. This gives me new thoughts on the aspects I live upon everyday.

Shawn said...
on Dec. 24 2008 at 3:29 am
Awesome and very heartfelt!