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Imperfect

May 5, 2015
By NatalieSSS SILVER, Palo Alto, California
NatalieSSS SILVER, Palo Alto, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Live for the moments you can't describe"


Once upon a time:
There was a girl who strived to be perfect.
She lived among the clouds,
Where perfection was all that mattered.

 

Except one day she fell from this utopia.
But she quickly pulled herself up,
Until she fell again.

 

This time was worse:
She kept falling,
Until she had forgotten what the stars looked like when they sparkled at night.

 

She fell until she hit a city where she suffocated in the smoggy air.
Her legs were battered and bruised,
And she knew she could never return to the place from where she had come.
They would never accept someone as imperfect as her.

 

So she vowed to look down everyday,
Ashamed of how she had strayed from perfection.


But one day she dared to look up,
And through the grey sky she caught a glimpse of that place she used to call home.


She kept this glimpse of perfection with her while she carried on with her perfectly imperfect new life.


The author's comments:

It is okay to be imperfect. It is okay to be broken, battered and bruised. It is okay to not be okay. It will all be okay. In the end, it's all okay.  If it's not okay, it's not the end. Hang in there. <3


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on May. 7 2015 at 12:57 am
NatalieSSS SILVER, Palo Alto, California
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Live for the moments you can't describe"

Thanks love!

on May. 7 2015 at 12:56 am
WinterFrost BRONZE, Mountain Ranch, California
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Favorite Quote:
"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
~ Edgar Allen Poe

Wow that was good! I liked the symbolism in the story. Keep it up!! :D