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May 23, 2009
By FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This, too, will pass."


Year after year
We fall
Without much emotion
We cripple
And crumble
And die.

And we watch
The people
Below us
As they waste
Their lives
Without enjoying
Every breeze
As we
So try
To do.

And when
We fall
We watch
The people
Above us
As they share
No love
With each other
As we
So attempt
To do.

And filled
To the brim
With anger,
We dry up
And get swept away
By the wind,
Never
To be green
Again.


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on Apr. 3 2012 at 3:42 pm
windswift DIAMOND, Arvada, Colorado
80 articles 0 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
let it burn, suffering teaches the soul; let it grow, love nourishes the heart.

sooth, so sooth, in other words,( I know a lot of archiac english) true, so true.  we dry out and never become green again, i like that a lot, its true, and often what is true is buried beneeth a pile of junk, where the one little nugget of truth is hidden somewhere within.  you have a great knack of finding that one little grain of truth, its a dwindling ability.  thank you for letting me know I'm not alone in this world. 

on Nov. 9 2009 at 7:52 pm
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This, too, will pass."

Thank you! =)

I have this thing with dramatic breaking of lines. XD

on Nov. 9 2009 at 7:51 pm
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This, too, will pass."

Thanks!!! =D

Haha, I actually don't consider this one as one of my strongest, but... hey, I'm getting on the magazine, right? Better not complain!!! XD

on Nov. 9 2009 at 5:02 pm
Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
26 articles 0 photos 493 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If one will scoff at the study of language, how, save in terms of language, will one scoff?" - Mario Pei
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." Isaac Asimov

This is amazing! I love how you say "As we/so try/to do." So true!!

on Nov. 9 2009 at 10:36 am
xxjosiexx143 SILVER, Lexington Twp., Maine
9 articles 6 photos 23 comments
This is a really good poem, I love it! =]

on Oct. 31 2009 at 12:52 pm
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This, too, will pass."

Oh my goodness!!! I'm being published?!

Wow, thank you so much, TeenInk! And everyone who supported my poem! =D

on Aug. 9 2009 at 5:03 am
FreakyEyed DIAMOND, Juneau, Alaska
53 articles 29 photos 111 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This, too, will pass."

Thank you very much, Naiad... I never thought my work would inspire anyone to actually cry!

~S.E.M

on Aug. 8 2009 at 4:25 am
evil_naiad PLATINUM, Afton, Virginia
22 articles 0 photos 18 comments
wow.... i absolutely love the sounds. "cripple And crumble"... this made me cry! :)

on Jun. 1 2009 at 1:35 am
RheaD.Ravenfinger BRONZE, Juneau, Alaska
4 articles 0 photos 94 comments

Favorite Quote:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

wow . . . beautiful