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Away, Away

October 19, 2009
By nevercliche159 BRONZE, Clark, New Jersey
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nevercliche159 BRONZE, Clark, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;A man who has nothing to die for, is not fit to live.&quot;<br /> --- Martin Luther King Jr.

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I feel the need to speak…


But I crawl away




Away away.

And I hope and dream of a better day, a day for me to be,
Be around people.

I say they just don’t like me



I am wrong.

I say I am just weird



I am wrong.

I curl up behind my wall, concealed,
hidden behind a seal, built by myself.

Have you ever felt that way?

Have you ever felt yourself trying to reach out to something
you are too frightened to touch?

Have you ever imagined yourself with the one you want
until it becomes real?

Then you realize,

It’s so far away



Away away

So far…


But it’s only you



Who is shrinking away.

© Eveliz V., Bayamon, Puerto Rico

The author's comments:
There are many ways that I think the poem can be interpreted, so I hope many people have different views on it.
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accident_prone_ SILVER said...
on Oct. 29 2009 at 8:54 pm
accident_prone_ SILVER, Sparta, Tennessee
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so very true. the only person that can hold you back is you.
nevercliche159 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 27 2009 at 2:30 pm
nevercliche159 BRONZE, Clark, New Jersey
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Alright, I am the writer and after I submitted this poem I realized a lot of things I didn't like about the poem and that I wanted to change. Anyway, I know to change the "be around people" part.