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My Own Wallpaper

June 3, 2011
By kris1893 BRONZE, Carbondale, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche

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A good place was my box.
Just a big,
Cardboard box, a
Television‘s old home,
My new wonderland.
Creating my own pink
Dungeon, I colored
My own wallpaper.
No one ever asked me
To come in, so there
Was never a rule about it.
No toys, just a home.
A place to sleep, to color,
To read about mermaids.
I drew myself a tail,
I wanted to be like her.
But it didn‘t fit.
So I put her on my house.
I was a grown up,
On my own.
Its funny how
When you‘re grown,
It‘s okay to be alone.

© Shannon W., Pensacola, FL

The author's comments:
What else is there to say but I loved my childhood? I was a princess and that box, for a short time, was my whole world. Every child needs their own box. It is a little taste of adulthood.
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