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Distracted

April 22, 2012
By Evagline.Brisa.Wilder GOLD, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
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Evagline.Brisa.Wilder GOLD, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
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&quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.&quot; <br /> -Albert Einstein

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I look at the four leaf clovers

and only get distracted

by the wildflowers.

You see nothing, but 3 leaf-clovers

So I look, and look.

I try to look at what you look,

but I can not see what you see.


As I try to tell you what I see,

you brush me off,

like a dandelion seed in a spring day.



As you move on, I pluck the 4 leaf clovers,

that were right under your

eyes.



But then and there,

the one leaf








falls










off

being with the dandelion,

the dandelion seed that floats in the air

in the spring breeze.

I pushed my way through that front door

© Jasmine R., Bourbon, MI

The author's comments:
Next time you get laughed at for seeing something different in the clouds other than a bunny riding a motorcycle do not feel hurt.
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