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May 3, 2010
By wannawrite SILVER, Encino, California
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wannawrite SILVER, Encino, California
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Favorite Quote:
"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for." - Maureen Dowd
“Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.” – Peeta
"Well, don't expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear."- Mockingjay, Boggs

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How to catch a butterfly
you charm it to come your way
then when it feels nice and safe
you catch it and make it stay
when it tries to flutter it's wings
thats when it figures it out
you hold it down real tight
and easily muffle each shout
then when it feels dead inside
and has nowhere left to go
you lift the net and let it fly
to where it doesn't know

© Courtney G., Rocky Hill, CT

The author's comments:
This is basically me venting my feelings about feeling trapped.. I felt stuck in a situation and when i finally got out i didn't know what to do about it anymore.
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sunny13 said...
on May. 25 2010 at 6:59 pm
sunny13, Lynnwood, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"fearless is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, fearless is having fears. fearless is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death."

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This is really good, I like it alot its simplicity really captures alot of meaning. You should take a look at some of my lyrics too:)