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All I Ask of You

May 3, 2013
By Anonymous

Close your eyes, and jam those old earphones in your hearing holes.

Sit down on that gate by your house.

Look up at that blue, blue sky, away from the mud beneath the fence, as brown as your eyes.

Listen to that old song they'd play at the dances in the theatre/gym by the school, when all us grade school kids would awkwardly bob to the music. You would do ridiculous dance moves because you didn't seem to care what anyone thought.

Try not to think of the old rugs they'd slap across the floor, covering wires, sticky with gum and Lord knows what, or the too-loud music, or the stench of fog machine and B.O.

Think of how you've known me since the Big Bang.

Think of the girl from kindergarten with the short brown hair and big, big eyes and big, big dreams she never really believed in. Think of the boy from the pictures with the short brown hair and big, big eyes and big, big dreams that would become the last thing he'd want when he grew up.

Think of the girl with the speech and the boy who had no idea she delivered it to him.

The girl achieving every academic award at school, and the boy with a friend for each star in the sky.

The archer and the gun lover.

The motto on your family crest, in English, is, "No sleep for those on guard."

How true that is.

You're always on guard, watching the walls you've constructed



to keep people out.

You don't rest for fear of someone sneaking in. You don't have a moment's reprieve because you're too scared you might end up loving someone.

So sit there on the gate
Surrounded by those walls
And listen to this song
Chasing Cars
While the cars pass by
And think about you and I.

That's all I ask of you.



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on Nov. 16 2013 at 10:46 pm
Deej6595 BRONZE, Billerica, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

Beautifully nostalgic and present.

Atropos said...
on May. 8 2013 at 5:32 pm
Atropos, Kingsville, Other
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Favorite Quote:
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
Oscar Wilde

Job well done - a really good poem!

on May. 7 2013 at 7:51 pm
swallowedbystreetlights PLATINUM, Arlington, Virginia
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Beautifully written and wonderfully nostalgic!

on May. 7 2013 at 6:17 pm
writingriver05 SILVER, Boise, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
"Reach for the moon, even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars."

its beautiful! You dug down deep and let complete strangers see a part of you that you might not show anybody else and that takes courage. Your brave, good luck out there.

sarah98 BRONZE said...
on May. 7 2013 at 4:00 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
It is better to write for yourself and have no audience than write for your audience and have no self.

that's really pretty, and i relate  alot. keep writing, and check out some of my stuff please!!

on May. 7 2013 at 2:34 pm
YozoraK PLATINUM, Maumelle, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
"Life for you has been less than kind/So take a number/Stand in line/We've all been sorry/We've all been hurt/But how we survive/Is what makes us who we are." -'Survive' by Rise Against

Awesome!  I thought I would just let you know just amazing your poem is! :)

on May. 7 2013 at 11:54 am
MandaLark PLATINUM, Melba, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
"we do not change as we grow older; we just become more clearly ourselves."
"the two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why." -mark twain
"make your life your masterpiece."

I don't know who you are... But i want you to know that we are living the same life, and that, that was beautiful. (: