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Do You Remember?

November 8, 2011
By TaylorBreanne PLATINUM, Sandston, Virginia
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"I write to escape reality. I write to be free. I write because I can lie or tell the truth. I write because I love it. I write because...that's the real me. I am a writer..." -TaylorBreanne

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Things use to be so easy,
We use to be innocent,
We believed everyone was good,
Little did we know, We were so wrong,
Do you remember?

Dragon Tales was the best show,
Barney taught us everything we needed to know,
Dora taught us Spanish and was our best friend,
With Map, Backpack, and Boots,
but that world for us quickly came to an end.
Do you remember?

Cinderella's stepmom was the meanest person we knew,
We loved That's So Raven and her crew,
Ariel's beautiful voice,
Wishing her father left her a choice,
Do you remember?

Mommy knew everything,
Everything was perfect,
We were so naive,
We were so quick to believe,
Do you remember?

Swiper was the bad guy,
We cried when a Superhero died,
That was the only bad stuff we knew,
Our problems were few,
Do you remember?

We played Make Believe,
We dreamed big and thought they would come true,
Then we grew up,
Now we know nothings what it seems,
We stopped living in made up dreams,
But it's still nice to just think back to when everything was good,
Do You Remember?

© Courtney C., Palm Coast, FL

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I was babysitting my little cousins and just thought of this.
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marissadele PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 27 2012 at 4:12 pm
marissadele PLATINUM, Danbury, Connecticut
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&quot;If you know how you feel, and so clearly what you need to say, you&#039;ll know it. I don&#039;t think you should wait. I think you should speak now.&quot; -Taylor Swift

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I love this. It has such a great message of when life was so much easier, you did an amazing job =) 5/5
Inksy SILVER said...
on Dec. 4 2011 at 10:35 pm
Inksy SILVER, A, Utah
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&quot;Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead&quot;<br /> ~Benjamin Frankiln<br /> &quot;Love? Above all things I believe in love. Love is like oxygen. Love is a many splendored thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love.&quot;<br /> ~Moulin Rouge

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This is beautiful! This has so much meaning and it is so relatable... I love the "Do you remember?" repeated at the end of each stanza. The entire last stanza is just beautiful... keep up the good work (:

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sunshine7223 SILVER said...
on Nov. 24 2011 at 3:26 pm
sunshine7223 SILVER, Holdenville, Oklahoma
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I can really relate to this. Everything you said is so so so true. Nobody knew what life was really about, until we grew up. AWESOME job. :)
TaylorBreanne PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 24 2011 at 3:13 pm
TaylorBreanne PLATINUM, Sandston, Virginia
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&quot;I write to escape reality. I write to be free. I write because I can lie or tell the truth. I write because I love it. I write because...that&#039;s the real me. I am a writer...&quot; -TaylorBreanne

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Thank you sooo much! :)
ReadWriteBreathe PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 24 2011 at 2:15 pm
ReadWriteBreathe PLATINUM, Pocatello, Idaho
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I absolutely love this. I've been feeling like this a lot lately with everything going on in my life. I love the references to cartoons. I also like the line, "Mommy knew everthing" Great job