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Who Are You?

July 16, 2014
By ___averylynn_____ SILVER, Waterford, Michigan
___averylynn_____ SILVER, Waterford, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
Look closely at the present you are constructing. It should look like the future you are dreaming. - Alice Walker.
What you wear is your billboard. So, what are you advertising?


Who has any right to judge me?
We all have our own stories.
We all have our own struggles.
We all have our own beliefs.
We all have our own fears.
We all have our own faults.
We all have our own failures.
We all have our own baggage.

Why don’t you take a look at your own, instead of pointing out all of mine? You don’t have any right to judge me, because you haven’t been where I have been. I am a warrior, whether you know it or not. I have fought many battles; won some and lost some. I am strong, because I have been weak. I am everything I am right now because of everything I have been through. If you were there, walking with me through my journey, maybe you would understand. But you weren’t. You were too busy pointing out my flaws, trying to disguise your own. But when I won my battle, you still couldn’t see your own. It must be hard to be blind, especially because everyone can see something you can’t.


The author's comments:
Just one of those feeling pieces.

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sam_101 BRONZE said...
on Nov. 3 2014 at 8:37 am
sam_101 BRONZE, ......................, Other
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Interesting piece of work you have there, not sure if you'll read this but i had some free time so thought should read something of yours too.  I've felt something similar too, I used to wander on and on about them,  wanna know what I learnt? Put on a heart pumping song, move around, and just be happy that you have this feeling of your innerself being free and not captured.  My comments are way too weird, I know but that's my way.  Anyhow, you have a good one right here. Thank ya for the read and for leading me to one of your pieces. Adios :)

MalaikaJ GOLD said...
on Aug. 5 2014 at 10:25 pm
MalaikaJ GOLD, Cloquet, Minnesota
19 articles 2 photos 127 comments

Favorite Quote:
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. - James Michener

This was great. I especially loved the line "I am strong, because I have been weak." The whole thing makes me think of the bible verse "You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." - Matthew 7:5

on Aug. 5 2014 at 10:26 am
LavanderMayday SILVER, Oroville, California
7 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Writers aren't exactly one person, they're a whole bunch of people trying to be one person"

Hey this is pretty good, nice job .

on Jul. 27 2014 at 1:25 am
nithyaswaminathan BRONZE, Pleasanton, California
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pretty much sums up what i feel every single day. LOVE the line "when i won my battle, you still couldn't see your own." POWERFUL LOVED IT AHHH TALENT 

on Jul. 22 2014 at 7:24 pm
AllSoPlayfulWhenYouDemonize BRONZE, Richmond, Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 228 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Our passion is our strength."
-Billie Joe Armstrong

I really... Loved this. Relate to it and all. (:

on Jul. 20 2014 at 5:40 pm
12gage PLATINUM, Genesee,
30 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"GODS OF WAR I CALL YOU, MY SWORD
IS BY MY SIDE.
I SEEK A LIFE OF HONR, FREE FROM
ALL FALSE PRIDE.
I WILL CRACK THE WHIP WITH A BOLD
MIGHTY HAIL.
COVER ME WITH DEATH IF I SHOULD
EVER FAIL.
"GLORY, MAJESTY, UNITY
HAIL, HAIL, HAIL. "

hell yea u have it life;D good job. its good to know another person know how it can be so uncool that we risk so much. and other dont understand it all.