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I Wanna Be

June 15, 2010
By MLStamp SILVER, Annandale, Virginia
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MLStamp SILVER, Annandale, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
Thats what we all are. Ameteurs. We don't live long enough to become anything else. -Charlie Chaplin

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I wanna be
the kind of
person that smiles
all the time.

I wanna be
the kind of
person, people wonder
if they're all right.

Even when I'm
sleeping I want
to be smiling
want to be pleasing.

I wanna be
the person, people
look to for
their inner inspiration.

I wanna be
the person,people
call insanely strange
I wanna be....

© Hannah B., Princeton, IL

The author's comments:
This piece is about me wanting to pull myself in different directions. Wanting so badly to help everyone,knowing what I want but, also knowing I can't be that.
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