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October 14, 2013
By sapphire_sora GOLD, Evanston, IL, Illinois
sapphire_sora GOLD, Evanston, IL, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
don't write themselves), so if there appears to be a significant lack of short stories on my profile, that's probably why. (Hooray for misuse of the personal quote box.)


Really, you're made of stardust
You're made of the breath of a thousand-year-old planet
and every atom, every piece of you
even as you're dying
is composed of tiny dancing loops. You
are dancing, in every core of your body, and
take my word for it when I say you're beautiful,
to me and in some other dimension, some way that we can't even see or ­comprehend.

You're a star. I can see your light from where I am, billions of light-years away
you are dancing and living and breathing, and your atoms
are crumbling, crashing into one another
because you're collapsing into yourself with every halting breath you take
every galaxy you inhale.



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Mckay ELITE said...
on Oct. 18 2013 at 3:51 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

As one that loves—or has learned over the years to love the stars—I enjoyed reading this and deciphering its meaning. I love the imagery. It's visionary. Congrats on the Editors' Choice. 

Strider SILVER said...
on Oct. 17 2013 at 7:36 pm
Strider SILVER, Lumberton, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
“There is some good in this world, and it'
“A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

This metaphor is great. This is an incredible way to say somone is beautiful. 

on Oct. 17 2013 at 2:26 am
jazzyjess PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." ~Oscar Wilde

I loved your imagery in this poem - the atoms crashing into one another, and especially that last line: every galaxy you inhale. What a refreshing way to say someone is beautiful! Congrats on Editor's Choice and I hope you keep writing :)