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I Wish You Could

March 19, 2011
By butterflybee123 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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butterflybee123 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I'm joining the circus." -Anne Tyler

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Who are you to judge me
If I spit fire and venom?
Who are you to dissect me
If I grow eight heads?
Who are you to spurn me
If I dare disobey?
Who are you to isolate me
If I fight back against you?


Who are you to sympathize?
As if you had any sympathy.
Who are you to whisper?
As if you don’t want me to hear.
Who are you to laugh?
As if you can’t feel my pain.
Who are you to understand?
As if you can comprehend yourself.

I have done none of these things.
No fighting back, disobeying you,
Growing eight heads, nor
Spitting fire and venom.

Yet you still retract,
You still judge, dissect,
Spurn, and isolate.
You cannot comprehend,
Cannot feel my pain,
Cannot whisper too quietly,
Cannot sympathize.

I wish you could.

© Rebecca B., Santa Clara, CA

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lonephinex BRONZE said...
on Apr. 27 2011 at 2:52 pm
lonephinex BRONZE, Uxbridge, Massachusetts
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&quot;she&#039;s my best friend. Break her HEART, I&#039;ll break your FACE.&quot;

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luv this poem! Unfortenetly, I'm living it, too!  >~<  Keep up the good work!
JoPepper PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 17 2011 at 3:19 pm
JoPepper PLATINUM, Annandale, Virginia
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I luv this! words can't describe how much I luv this!!!!!!!!! :D
Duane BRONZE said...
on Apr. 15 2011 at 1:51 pm
Duane BRONZE, Wathena, Kansas
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great job keep it up 

 

nickykens ELITE said...
on Apr. 14 2011 at 8:29 pm
nickykens ELITE, Draper, Utah
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I love it!  The only suggestion I would have is changing this line "Who are you to sympathize?
As if you had any sympathy." it seems redundant, using sympathy twice.  It's a minor suggestion; I loved the whole thing.
MusicSoul666 said...
on Apr. 14 2011 at 8:13 pm
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 wow !
SaMiLoVe97 SILVER said...
on Apr. 14 2011 at 4:26 pm
SaMiLoVe97 SILVER, Okawville, Illinois
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I looove this!!!!!(: Amazinnnn' job. i really hope you keep writin'
4ever_and_always BRONZE said...
on Apr. 13 2011 at 7:04 pm
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I really liked this. Like alot. Good job, this is a great poem.
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Apr. 13 2011 at 6:22 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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I love this captain. I am loving the first stanza and its compliance with "oh, um what is that? is that a poem?" yes and i am loving it.-we are so not saying what they want to hear. do your dance captain.