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These Four Years

September 14, 2013
By kouo_char BRONZE, Beijing, Other
kouo_char BRONZE, Beijing, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“You can't keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.”
― Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons


To them,
Always a hard kiss
As brush pounds canvas
A person
And another
Always kiss.
Their basis for communication
Good morning, good night.

It took awhile to arrive
A world of determined individuals.
Despised fourth year cliques,
Gossiping at the tables. Standoffish.
Your steps
Reward you with suspicious looks.
But you are an artist,
Ignore.

The journey continues
Toward an atmosphere of sorrow
You don't know anyone.
A room cold with grief,
They meet and weep for the second of last.
You are not welcome.
But you are an artist,
Ignore.

Looking up at it from a distance
The smell of the new soup seduces you,
You think and gulp and swallow.
Death and birth and him
You mark where you fit
Wrong. It burns.
But you are an artist,
Ignore.

You stand bewildered.
A room warm with birth,
You smile to the foreigners.
They don't want you.
The glares strangle you.
Witches have been burned here.
But you are an artist,
Ignore.

Now you are nearly there.
Women were shattered on these butter knives,
Men stifled on this stage.
You offer respectful silence.
Because you are an artist,
You know will make it.

To you, an artist
Always a soft kiss
As brush caresses canvas
A person
And the art,
Persevere.
Always kiss.
Hello, goodbye.



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on Sep. 20 2013 at 2:09 am
wait this is about high school right? you did a good job of showing the side that isnt often talked about! i like this!