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December 9, 2008
By LIKEwhoaa GOLD, Carrollton, Texas
LIKEwhoaa GOLD, Carrollton, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 126 comments

Favorite Quote:
The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
-Charles DuBois


Yesterday was Sunday. The day I dress up
and smile at everyone. Listen to everyone’s
problems and hand out free compliments. I
sit still and pay attention to the choir.
The never-do-anything-wrong girl.

During the week, I dress down. I act
like my friends and laugh at the cost of others.
I hug someone, then go and tell my friends how
ugly that someone looks today.
The go-along, tag-along girl.

At home, I am what my parents want
me to be. I sit still at dinner, do my
homework, listen to the stories they
tell of their day. The super-special daddy’s girl.

All of these faces I have confuse me. I’m never
quite sure who I am at the time, Or if I am the
right person with the right people. Yesterday,
I was the got-it-all-together girl. Today I’m the
not-sure-of-anything girl.



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on Oct. 27 2011 at 1:38 pm
xXStephmeisterXx BRONZE, Apopka, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never let fear get in the way of what you truly desire.

This was really good! I can honestly relate. :)

on Oct. 21 2011 at 9:17 pm
SammyD.1722 BRONZE, New York, New York
2 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like painting. You can paint any way you want but you can't erase the mistake. (created by yours truly)

This was easy to connect with! I loved it.

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on Oct. 21 2011 at 6:28 pm
irishlass317, Jefferson City, Missouri
0 articles 0 photos 134 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I asked Jesus 'How much do you love me?' He answered 'This much.' And He streched out His arms and died."

This is very, very good!!!!!!!!!!

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on Oct. 15 2011 at 10:01 am
Kayte BRONZE, Sandy, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."
-Mother Teresa

Thank you for this poem!! It spoke right to me(: just what I needed. Keep it up!

on Oct. 6 2011 at 4:57 pm
AristotlesApprentice, Moultrie, Georgia
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a perfect example of a teenage life! most teenagers go to church these days and they act all good and they think that since theyre going to church then they can do what they want and still go to heaven, but when they go to school and talk about other people they will get their double lives interlaced with one another and they will no longer go to church. just shows at how confusing have 2 sides can be.

on Oct. 5 2011 at 5:26 pm
iAmTheStardust PLATINUM, Moon Twp., Pennsylvania
36 articles 1 photo 94 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The prettiest flowers grow in the biggest pile of manure."

sounds like 'teenager' to me :) trust me, we ALL feel like that at some point, i feel your confusion and it gets better :) great poem, i loved your descriptiveness <3 keep writing

on Aug. 11 2011 at 3:41 pm
LaBellaVie SILVER, Bethel, Connecticut
8 articles 5 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
with every single letter and every single word, there will be a hidden message about a boy who loves a girl

wow this is so interesting! keep up the good work, i'd love to see more! check out some of my stuff please :)

Sami-Boo said...
on Jul. 6 2011 at 2:43 pm
Sami-Boo, Live Oak, Florida
0 articles 6 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Let the losers worry about losin’.”
-T.I
-and-
"Live the life you wanna live,Be the person you wanna remember,make decisions make mistakes,and if you fall at least you tried"

Loveee this! beautiful-ly witten!

on Jun. 30 2011 at 12:27 am
Loverboy12 BRONZE, Bakersfield, California
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stoooopid is as stoopid does

i appreiciate this article because it is so honest like many on this awsome site but it is sad that many people not only teens feel this way Thank you.

on Jun. 19 2011 at 10:26 am
crazychick SILVER, Norwich, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60's. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted

This was a very real poem, I think alot of teenagers can relate to the idea of "finding themselves". Keep writing girl! xoxox

on May. 19 2011 at 4:09 am
Hi this poem. has hit me hard in a good  way. this poem has turned me now. People think im a good girl. including my friends but i guess impressing comes before firends.. love this poem !

on Apr. 1 2011 at 4:09 pm
Neon_Gypsy_Blood BRONZE, Idaho Falls, Idaho
3 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do or do not, there is no try.
~Master Yoda~

I totally agree with you! We need to try and be our own "flavor" or "color" if you walt to look at it like that. We don't want to blend in with the greys of the world. If we were all the same life would suck big time! There would be no variety or anything interesting! We all just need to "be the face without the mask" as you put it...  

nerdgirl said...
on Mar. 6 2011 at 5:27 pm
i absolutly LOVE this!!!!!! i only wish it was a little linger! i need a poem for my literature class and it has to be 200 words, so im trying to find something of yours that fits the requirements, because you are SUCH a GREAT writer!

msp49 BRONZE said...
on Feb. 18 2011 at 3:47 pm
msp49 BRONZE, Middletown, Connecticut
4 articles 1 photo 39 comments
I love this poem!  I could completely relate, and I'm sure a lot of other people could too.  It's hard to be yourself when everyone else around you wants you to be something different.

on Feb. 8 2011 at 12:04 pm
Mortie PLATINUM, Oak Run, California
31 articles 0 photos 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
Whats The Point?

i like how this can realte to anyones life, and how you incorperated so much into it. its really good!!!!!

on Feb. 2 2011 at 1:58 pm
LauraAshley SILVER, Phenix City, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Anything Beautiful is easily Lost"-Unknown

I think this relates to more people taht one would like to believe. I believe as humans, we often put on a masquerade, wearing different masks, and in the process we lose our true identity, (the face without the mask.) This is a beautiful poem. Bold, Honest, and realistic. thank you for allowing me the priviledge to read this. Keep writing!

on Jan. 23 2011 at 1:14 am
BlueEyesFoSho, Aurora, Colorado
0 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right. You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." --Marilyn Monroe

Sadly this reminds me a lot of myself.. this is relate-able to a bunch of girls.. 

Angel_17 said...
on Jan. 1 2011 at 1:26 pm
Angel_17, Tucson, Arizona
0 articles 0 photos 17 comments
wow! ths made me think oh myself sometimes.

on Sep. 18 2010 at 1:42 pm
sonnysulouff BRONZE, Clarendon Hills, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 34 comments
I really love this! It is so easy to relate to for everyone, I think. And I love the part "today i'm the not-quite-sure-of-anything girl" because I think that really describes all of us. Nice job! :)

on Sep. 17 2010 at 9:41 am
SingleGal SILVER, Huntsville, Arkansas
5 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
PEACE LOVE DEATH

i like it its very honest