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Looking at myself

October 27, 2009
By hannahbee7 DIAMOND, Boca Raton, Florida
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"You know you’re a writer if your friend tells you a heartbreaking story and your first reaction is – wow, that would make an incredible plot for a novel. You know you’re a smart writer if you manage to keep that reaction to yourself."

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So I saw myself in context
and I'm thinking that I'm dull
and I'm looking for a side of me
that no one else could know

And I'm thinking of the hours
that I spent all by myself
and I'm wondering if all
that lonely time's bad for my health

And I'm fading out of sight
of the eyes of those who care
and as far as my old friends concerned
I was never there

There's no doubt I am grey
I'm a food that's missing spice
I'm not a thrilling story
but I guess that's just the price

© Marina S., Vineyard Haven, MA

The author's comments:
I don't really feel this way about myself, in fact just the opposite, but I wrote it in a moment of despair
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LunaIsNotHere BRONZE said...
on May. 6 2011 at 9:51 pm
LunaIsNotHere BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
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Love it! Good job :)
BigLu73 said...
on Nov. 11 2010 at 9:04 am
BigLu73, Cleveland, Ohio
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good poem even though it was a little depressing but overall great poem.
Arluanna PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 1 2010 at 3:47 am
Arluanna PLATINUM, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
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aww, this is making me cry. I feel like this sometimes, it's a very desolate feeling...
pandaLICIOUS SILVER said...
on Nov. 19 2009 at 10:43 am
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Wow! Really awesome! Keep up the good work!
bluemagnet22 PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 13 2009 at 3:23 pm
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Vry nice and quite relatable

I think everyone feels like this some point in their life and you captured it in words quite well! Vry nice rhyme and rhythm... it flow vry nicely