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Little Dragonfly Mind

August 25, 2013
By Shira Kaplan BRONZE, Alexandria, Louisiana
Shira Kaplan BRONZE, Alexandria, Louisiana
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When I was little,
My thoughts were dancing little creatures.
I was picturing and thinking,
And I just couldn’t stop.
My brain would be clashing and quarreling with itself…
Like a dragonfly stuck in a jar…
That little dragonfly was my mind,
trying to express everything it thought.
But no human could carry out as much as my brain was trying to convey,
So I drew pictures,
I made movies,
I created games,
I made imaginary food,
I created a whole different world within my head.
But my teachers would get mad at me for thinking impossible things,
For not being realistic,
So I tried to stop my imagination,
And now that I can’t be so inventive,
I wish I wouldn’t have stopped thinking those amazing things.


The author's comments:
I loved childhood me, and I seem to have lost her on the way to here.

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on Sep. 8 2013 at 1:25 am
TragicMagic10 SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
"She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live."
"Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life."
"Do small things with great love." -Mother Teresa
"And though she be but little, she is fierce." -Shakespeare

I love it :) your piece is so refreshingly true and heartfelt.... i wish i had written it!!