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Try and Try

April 23, 2011
By _paigeemp PLATINUM, Dayton, Ohio
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"No boy is worth crying over, and the one who is won't make you cry."

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Closer and closer
As each week rolls by,
Closer and closer
The harder I try.

Better and better
Bend back with arms straight
Better and better
To hold up all my weight.

Faster and faster
I try and I try
Getting closer each time
Feels like I can fly.

© Nikki W., Highland Village, TX

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I wrote this as I was trying to get my back handspring as a freshman.
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