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Bruises MAG

August 28, 2012
By alligator6 SILVER, Neenah, Wisconsin
alligator6 SILVER, Neenah, Wisconsin
6 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.


Bruises
Blue as the sea
Drowning my heart in your words
Slapping the smile off my face
Like the waves on the shore
Of my world

Your sinister grin
Seeping into my dreams
Like the sand sifting through
Your fingers
And I wonder
Why am I here?



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on Sep. 9 2012 at 3:04 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
24 articles 15 photos 289 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

Short, but very interesting and powerful!!!!

on Sep. 8 2012 at 11:50 pm
SkylerMorningstar GOLD, Barrie, Other
13 articles 1 photo 47 comments
vary cool i like it

on Sep. 8 2012 at 12:06 am
stupendousman BRONZE, Peoria, Arizona
2 articles 13 photos 182 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Hey, guys, if there's no wind, there's nothing to blow the leaves around." - from "Sons of Provo"
"Tough times never last, but tough people do"
"the best things in life aren't things"

This is a great poem! I love the similes! I wrote a poem, and i don't know if it's very good, but i would love it if you could take a look at it and give me some advice. also, please rate and comment on my artwork! thx!

LunaLives GOLD said...
on Sep. 7 2012 at 3:44 pm
LunaLives GOLD, South Bend, Indiana
17 articles 0 photos 237 comments

Favorite Quote:
Because I can!-Me "Life is a choice and death is a decision"-Lil Wayne

I like it a lot. It sounds honest.