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Quest For Grace

December 7, 2011
By savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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Have you ever looked down on a barren land
Searching for the brushstrokes of an unknown hand?

Staring into a sky of robin egg blue
Tracing hairline cracks signaling life anew

Lifting up wings promising the gift of flight
To soar up to the stars twinkling in the night

Diving to the depths past the ships in the sea
Rising with the waves yearning to be free

Flowing with the ink across a blank, white sheet
Staining graceful fingertips, smooth and neat

Framing slender arms in the light of the moon
A delicate dancer twirling to a soft, light tune

Gazing at still water in the quest for grace
The answer is written there, in the reflected face

© Rebecca Y., Los Angeles, CA

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You don't have to look far for grace and beauty, there's some inside each of us.
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Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Feb. 29 2012 at 8:05 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Missed you too! :)

Still shocked by Raven's absence but other than that, I'm great. :)

Hope I do too. :)

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 29 2012 at 7:47 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
45 articles 9 photos 564 comments

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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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I'm doing amazing right now actually, and yeah, this is a bit better than my first poem hehe...  You haven't been on in a while, we've missed you.  Thank you by the way.  So Raven's gone, but he does come back every once in a while.  Hopefully you'll catch him :)
Aderes47 GOLD said...
on Feb. 29 2012 at 6:57 pm
Aderes47 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. <br /> Henry Drummond

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Totally agree with stargirl! :)

You've improved so much in your poetry-you've come a long way. 

I've missed you! Been so busy with  school. :(

Saw a comment with you and raven. By the way, so proud of you taking APUSH! :) 

How are you? 

I miss Raven. :(

I'm going to write a fareweel poem, he still comments once in a while. :)

savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 7 2012 at 1:58 am
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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Thanks Destinee! And yes, I remember that scene, now that I think of it :)
Destinee BRONZE said...
on Feb. 6 2012 at 11:53 pm
Destinee BRONZE, Oakville, Other
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Blegh. - Abraham Lincoln

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LOVE!!! Omg, beautiful imagery Liz! :) Good job. And I love the ending..reminds me of The Lion King and Mulan..you know the scenes with the mirror/water/reflection thing? :)
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 23 2012 at 6:47 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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AW THANKS STARGIRL! And of course, the honor is all yours :)
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 23 2012 at 6:05 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

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This is beautiful, Liz :) The imagery reminds me of Raven, but it is wholly yours. Thanks for posting this, I am honored to be the first commentor.