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The Struggle

May 15, 2011
By RedRidingHood BRONZE, Moultrie, Georgia
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At first beneath the darkness I am put
To grow and try to set root
I try for eons, so it may seem
As I reach for the refreshing beam
Once I break into the open
Within a day myself is soaking
Each day the older I get
Set back, is the fate, I will have met
As the warmth above gives me my power
And refreshing as the day's ending shower
In the end I have but one fate
From which I can never escape
This life escape, I can not from this class
I am but a single blade of grass

© Andreina D., Hamburg, PA

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Its really about a blade of grass.
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MaggieElaine GOLD said...
on Aug. 11 2011 at 4:28 pm
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
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Favorite Quote:
"As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,
like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.
And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.
And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time." - Bright Eyes

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I really like this. Keep up the good work. :)