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The Pieces

September 18, 2010
By Picatso1 PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Picatso1 PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
Not all who wander are lost - Lord of the Rings, J.R.R Tolkien
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? - Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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As everything I know begins to change,
The world departs,
And I start to lose my very self,
In the void of this new universe.
I fall apart in the mist of uncertainty,
And float to the edges of existence.
The old me disappears.
And, in pieces, it remains still,
For the longest time.

Until I remember

Pulling my old self back together
Is impossible.
My past is spread too far.
But I try.
And slowly, I come back,
From the darkness I once lived in.
From the edges of time I emerge,
The new and the old.
And I am whole again.

© Alex D., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
I have been lost before, only to find that my old self was not gone, but just buried below the surface.
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