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Love Yourself

January 11, 2010
By DeannaAnn GOLD, Moorseville, North Carolina
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The greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. -Moulin Rouge

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I don't like being me,
I am ashamed of myself.
I wish that I could be-
Somebody else!

I wish that I loved me,
Just as I love you.
I hate being lonely...
I wish that I were you.

© Garrett M., Port Angeles, WA

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alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 10 2011 at 4:00 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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ooooh yeah i'm like the exact opposite i write write write! and then randomly stop when writer's block hits me like a 10 pound sack of sand lol and i really hate it
DeannaAnn GOLD said...
on Jan. 9 2011 at 7:27 pm
DeannaAnn GOLD, Moorseville, North Carolina
12 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
The greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. -Moulin Rouge

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i write when it comes to me and it comes to me at random. lol. so ill probably start again sometime soon.
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 9 2011 at 3:27 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
55 articles 15 photos 592 comments

Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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You're welcome glad i did. why'd you stop writing??? you really shouldn't! you have talent
DeannaAnn GOLD said...
on Jan. 9 2011 at 12:52 pm
DeannaAnn GOLD, Moorseville, North Carolina
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The greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. -Moulin Rouge

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thank you :]
DeannaAnn GOLD said...
on Jan. 9 2011 at 12:51 pm
DeannaAnn GOLD, Moorseville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
The greatest thing youll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. -Moulin Rouge

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:) thanks thats very flattering. i stopped writing a year ago. i never have anything to write about. you made my day though. :D
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 2 2011 at 5:53 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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What the front door.

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yeah, shes right, this is freakin awesome.i love the last two lines.
alanacarlene DIAMOND said...
on Jan. 2 2011 at 12:27 pm
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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ohmygosh! first to comment on this? WHAT! it's an honor this is really a beautiful poem! it totally deserves to be in the magazine! i can really truly relate to this as can so many other people this is my new favorite poem on teenink! this is really good i like how short it is and the rhyme is really good too! amazing keep it up