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Walls

July 14, 2009
By AaronMitchell GOLD, Picayune, Mississippi
AaronMitchell GOLD, Picayune, Mississippi
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These walls will fall
They shall not hold me anymore
For too long have I hidden behind these stone fortresses
My heart quivers as I rip stone from stone in my quest for freedom
I built these walls out of my blood, spirit, and tears
But I now seek a new refuge that shall not capture me within
The walls have fallen
Now what do I do?
I remember now the reasons I built these walls that lay at my feet
The road is straight that leads from this barren wasteland
I follow it, tears soaking the ground as I begin a new journey
I mourn the stones that have crumbled behind me.
But in haste do I move on to new things and new places.

The author's comments:
I wrote this at a time in my life when I was tired of hiding, tired of turning my back on the world. So I broke down the walls I built and went out into the world to see what my journey had in store for me.

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on Jun. 16 2010 at 11:28 am
real_as_can_be101 PLATINUM, Mustang, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
You can love and hate, but which is more irrate? -unknown

i think it's writing like this that puts words into peoples mouths when they don't know how to express what they want to say

on Jun. 14 2010 at 2:53 pm
celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don&#039;t look backwards for very long.<br /> We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we&#039;re curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.<br /> -Walt Disney

Oh, and a comment would be much appreciated. I don't get any insight when people just read my poems, and don't tell me what they thought.

on Jun. 14 2010 at 2:52 pm
celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don&#039;t look backwards for very long.<br /> We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we&#039;re curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.<br /> -Walt Disney

All your poems are so amazing and you're really being yourself in your writing. Would you please do me the honor of reading my poems, oh wise one?