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February 13, 2010
By SimplySloan PLATINUM, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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SimplySloan PLATINUM, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 11 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have the ability to be great
You just need to find the strength.*-Me

You can't just wish for happiness and magically receive it, you have to do something for yourself, to feel it.*-Me

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Smile

Just look happy,
Smile.
They wont suspect a thing..

They wont know
How much pain,
How many tears,
How many attempts at death,
You have taken.
You hide the sores.
But show the success-
What's left of it anyway.
Just look happy,
Smile.
They wont suspect a thing..

Lead them to think,
That you lead a perfectly sane ife.
You don't want them in.
So you'll keep them out.

Just
Keep
Smiling.*

© Dat L., Worcester, MA

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pyropoet DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 7:43 pm
pyropoet DIAMOND, Zimmerman, Minnesota
71 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
You are NEVER alone in your troubles - there is someone who is always willing to lend a hand or a shoulder to you.
-L. Kimpton

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its good for people to get to see your work - you deserve to be noticed! you have an amazing talent that i would hate to see go to waste.
SimplySloan PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 7:38 pm
SimplySloan PLATINUM, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 11 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have the ability to be great
You just need to find the strength.*-Me

You can't just wish for happiness and magically receive it, you have to do something for yourself, to feel it.*-Me

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Yeah, I was told by all my peers that someone should see mywork. hah aim glad I listened. I really hope to get noticed.
pyropoet DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 7:02 pm
pyropoet DIAMOND, Zimmerman, Minnesota
71 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
You are NEVER alone in your troubles - there is someone who is always willing to lend a hand or a shoulder to you.
-L. Kimpton

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thanks! i actually started writing because of a class i was taking first semester (but i had to drop it XP). that's actually how i came upon this site - i was writing so much that my teacher said i should post it somewhere for others to see it :)
SimplySloan PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 6:58 pm
SimplySloan PLATINUM, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 11 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have the ability to be great
You just need to find the strength.*-Me

You can't just wish for happiness and magically receive it, you have to do something for yourself, to feel it.*-Me

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Thank you so much! This means a lot to me. And you do to!
pyropoet DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 4 2010 at 6:57 pm
pyropoet DIAMOND, Zimmerman, Minnesota
71 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
You are NEVER alone in your troubles - there is someone who is always willing to lend a hand or a shoulder to you.
-L. Kimpton

View profile
im so sorry - for your pain. i know how cruel the rest of the world can be when our own worlds are crashing down around our heads. so all you do is put up this facade, this mask of happiness that the world wants to see; it doesn't want to see anything that might hint at something wrong.

the way you pour out this emotion....so easily.....its amazing, incredible. you have a true talent for writing. keep it up!