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What You Are

April 24, 2016
By musiclover33 SILVER, Winnemucca, Nevada
musiclover33 SILVER, Winnemucca, Nevada
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Favorite Quote:
"I'd rather have you in my dreams than wake up without you" ~WTK


You

are all you need.

If you plant,

this wonderous seed

in your mind,

it will grow

to thoughts

you'd never have known.

 

You 

will be amazed;

all the things

you set upon your gaze.

you'll never realize

what you can do.

If you try,

you can do

anything you want to.

 

You 

are your most valued tool,

because in the end,

you aren't a fool.

Sometimes you'll fall short,

others you'll hit it out of the park,

but just know that

all you need is that spark.

 

You 

are the one thing

you must not forget.

If you do

there'll be no safety net.

You'll keep falling,

tumbling, stumbling

in the hopeless dark;

for the light you're fumbling,

your world around you crumbling.


The author's comments:

This piece was inspired by the song "The Strays" by Sleeping the Sirens. I hope you guys will get the gist that you should never lose sight of yourself. I know my best friends, Brooke Woodward and Kylen Timko, helped me realize this myself.


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on May. 3 2016 at 9:55 am
Maculate_Dream DIAMOND, Riverside, California
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Favorite Quote:
I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways to not succeed.<br /> <br /> All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Another great poem with an inspiring message, I especially like the rhyme scheme, keep it up.

on Apr. 28 2016 at 2:56 pm
FreeSpirited BRONZE, Canandaigua, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.&quot;<br /> -Paul McCartney

Hey this poem is absolutely inspiring! You have absolute talent. Go into the chat room so we can talk, plz?