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May 28, 2013
By GlennCocoa GOLD, Mill Spring, North Carolina
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GlennCocoa GOLD, Mill Spring, North Carolina
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"Sometimes what sets you apart can feel like a burden. But it's not. A lot of the time, it's what makes you great." -Emma Stone

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Isn't it a shame
that the fingerprints
branded on my wrist
are yours,
autographing my skin in
your pinwheels, loops, and ridges,
but you won't let me
press them
into my palm
the way I'd like to,
(oh, I'd like to)
since other people
might see that you're
not nearly as free
as you allude.
Ain't it just
a worthy enough cause,
so that if I were to
hold up signs
dancing for donations
you still wouldn't stop
to lend me what's mine.
Waste an hour with me,
and we'll play
I-spy
with the shadows of gold things
until I finally get up the nerve
to ask you
if
you ever really loved me
at all.

© Danielle W., Marblehead, MA

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theatregirl PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 9 2013 at 1:11 pm
theatregirl PLATINUM, Lathrup Village, Michigan
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&quot;To thine own self be true,&quot; -from Hamlet, a play by Shakespeare.<br /> &quot;I have sworn on the altar of god eternal hostility against all forms of tyranny over the mind of man.&quot; - Thomas Jefferson

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I really like it. I'm sorry, I meant to give u 5 stars but. Gave u 3. :( but I really like, it's definitely a 5 star poem.
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 7 2013 at 7:22 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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this is amazing! there's sooo much emotion in this and i feel that i can connect with the feeling
demingfischer BRONZE said...
on Jun. 7 2013 at 6:25 pm
demingfischer BRONZE, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
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This is really amazing! I love the opening stanza.
freeperson DIAMOND said...
on Jun. 7 2013 at 5:44 pm
freeperson DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
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wow-powerful!! :)