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My Life...

January 2, 2012
By Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe


My life is a book.
With no genre, it lay.
Unread, alone.
It lay astray.
With no one to hold it,
And flip its delicate pages,
That are now old and brown,
Dusty and wrinkly.
The binding now ripped,
It cries.
Endless sorrow it holds.
But there is a twist, you see.
There were footsteps, down the long endless corridor.
The footsteps heading towards it.
And so, the footsteps finally stopped.
And the long delicate arms picked up the now torn, dusty, wrinkly book.
And it carried it close to its heart.
Hugging it to its chest.
Down the long corridor we went,
The never ending corridor.
And then we stopped.
And down I went,
Falling deeper and deeper into the hole
And the footsteps began to retreat.
And every footsep that hit the shiny delicate floor,
There was laughter.
That ripped my binding,
Into small delicate pieces.
Until there was left no more.



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on Jan. 9 2012 at 10:03 pm
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

thank you :)

on Jan. 9 2012 at 10:02 pm
Fabala_G BRONZE, Broomfield, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Try to learn to breathe deeply,<br /> really to taste food when you eat,<br /> and when you sleep, really to sleep.<br /> Try as much as possible to be<br /> wholly alive, with all your might,<br /> and when you laugh, laugh like hell,<br /> and when you get angry, get good<br /> and angry. Try to be alive. You will<br /> be dead soon enough.&quot;<br /> William Saroyan

Great metaphor! Keep writing!

on Jan. 9 2012 at 9:44 pm
browneyez16 GOLD, Hephzibah, Georgia
10 articles 1 photo 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You may fail, but fall still fighting, don&#039;t give up whatever you do. Eyes front, head high, to the finish...see it through&quot; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest~

Your welcome! :)

on Jan. 9 2012 at 3:27 pm
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

thanks so much!

on Jan. 9 2012 at 2:06 pm
NightGoddess17 PLATINUM, New City, New York
34 articles 0 photos 63 comments
this is amazing! wonderful metaphor!! i love it!! keep writing!!!

on Jan. 9 2012 at 1:56 pm
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

sure no problem :D

on Jan. 8 2012 at 3:31 pm
browneyez16 GOLD, Hephzibah, Georgia
10 articles 1 photo 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You may fail, but fall still fighting, don&#039;t give up whatever you do. Eyes front, head high, to the finish...see it through&quot; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest~

Your very welcome...you should read some of mine...I'm positive they could use some critiquing...lol

on Jan. 8 2012 at 3:21 pm
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

aww thanks so much! i really appreciate that :D

on Jan. 8 2012 at 3:20 pm
Michellebrain GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
12 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A wise girl kisses but doesn&#039;t love, listens but doesn&#039;t believe, and leaves before she is left.&rdquo; <br /> -Marilyn Monroe

thanks so much! :D

on Jan. 8 2012 at 3:20 pm
KityraAnderson PLATINUM, Mercer Island, Washington
41 articles 1 photo 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
Nothing matters more than those who depend on you, emotionally or physically. Even if the situation is life or death, you have to be there for them, because they need you.

I loved it!!!! :D and I agree with browneyez, no critique needed!

on Jan. 8 2012 at 3:17 pm
browneyez16 GOLD, Hephzibah, Georgia
10 articles 1 photo 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You may fail, but fall still fighting, don&#039;t give up whatever you do. Eyes front, head high, to the finish...see it through&quot; <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest~

This is an outstanding piece. No critique needed!!