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February 27, 2014
By haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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tonight the streetlamps
are bleeding shadows beneath
the notches of my elbows

they flash, like dulled strobe lights
and I’m suddenly struggling to garner
a coherent picture: my muscles protesting
against skin

I am blown up
a balloon

no, I am ribs
and collarbones
skin and hollow spaces

blown up
only to implode:
as in: cave in

my sneakers slam with
deafening silence
in the middle of this empty
road, I am adrenaline slammed
into inertia

I am swimming
in my clothes
far too big

I am cardboard-food
and stomach and balloons
ribs and knobby elbows

I am stolid while
navigating this night:
a mess of dark and gnarled
branches and alarming
red stop signs

a funhouse room
full of ugly images
projected by
funhouse
mirrors

© Megan M., Ashville, OH

The author's comments:
A piece that is part of my developing portfolio on dreams ~ for Creative Writing.
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TrishDestiny PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 11 2014 at 10:11 am
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

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You are welcome. And PLEASE do!!!!
haley101 DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 9 2014 at 10:59 am
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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thanks so much. I'll be sure to have a copy mailed to you then ;)  
TrishDestiny PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 9 2014 at 6:10 am
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
45 articles 2 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

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This is another piece i like from your portfolio :)