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Balancing Act

October 8, 2013
By CharlesHines401 GOLD, Brandon, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Measure your life in love.&quot; Johnathan Larson<br /> <br /> &quot;Put Crisco on them problems and see how easy they slide away.&quot; Blu Bailey<br /> <br /> &quot;Tears don&#039;t mean you&#039;re losing. Everybody&#039;s bruising. There&#039;s nothing wrong with who you are&quot; Jessie J.

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I admit to vulnerability.
I am sculpted out of glass.
Aren't we all.
However, uniquely, I am balanced on a single string.
And I strain,
And I crack.
But I do not fall.
And I will not break.

© Carollynn G., Hawthorne, NY

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