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Look How Happy

November 4, 2016
By SierraLynn411 SILVER, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
SierraLynn411 SILVER, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Don't pretend to be someone you're not
Because like every caterpillar
you are beautiful before and after you grow - Sierra Lynn


Look how happy I was
Look how happy you were
What happened
What happened to the non-stop laughing
And the random dancing
Was it the sickness
Was it moving hundred of miles away
Or was it the fact that I got trapped in a black hole that took years to escape


Look how happy I was
Look how happy you were
Where has the time gone
It feels as if the time slipped right through my fingertips
It feel as if the man and the little girl in the picture isn't us
I’m sorry
I am so very sorry that the time spent laughing and dancing was replaced by yelling and crying
I know it is my fault


Look how happy I was
Look how happy you were
Why can't we go back to that very moment
That very moment when my smile was brighter than the sun
That very moment when you were my best friend
I would give anything in the world to re-do my life again
I miss the old you and I miss the old me
The only thing we can do is take this all as a learning experience


Look how happy I was
Look how happy you were
We are finally okay
Not perfect
Just okay
We finally laugh and talk and smile
I am waiting for the day we can dance randomly
I am waiting for the day when I can say, “Hey dad look at how happy we are”


The author's comments:

This piece is inspired by a picture of me and my dad dancing when I was little.


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on Nov. 9 2016 at 1:30 pm
SierraLynn411 SILVER, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't pretend to be someone you're not
Because like every caterpillar
you are beautiful before and after you grow - Sierra Lynn

Thank you!!

on Nov. 8 2016 at 9:45 pm
LostPoetry GOLD, West Jordan, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"Each day I have to make a new promise to myself
to be braver than my past
to be stronger than the struggle
So that I may find a bigger adventure regardless of the risks"
-Chrissie Pinney

I think this is really well written and has amazing emotion and memories behind it.