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What Means Most

June 11, 2014
By dmr770 BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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dmr770 BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"Only a world with depth could feel empty. If there was nothing to be found, we would feel no need to search"

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gnarled branch
twined around
my arm
weathered roots
of steel
pinning my arms
to my side
feet to the ground
head bent-hold me
in captivity
but my heart’s beating
strong
within
soul alive
singing odes to grief
crystallized grid
of Light
inside I remain
Me
take me out
throw me low
inside
I have control
you have
what you see
I have what means most
to me

© Gary C., Pequannock, NJ

The author's comments:
Anyone can take what they see, control what you do, try to change you, but they can never control what you have inside, who you are within.
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