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Truthful Stories

May 5, 2021
By Rockie11 BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
Rockie11 BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
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I’ve been to places all across the world

Seen fantasies far and wide

Animals, plants, people, structures

And landscapes vast as the sun

True.


I’ve seen towering castles stand

With their peaks high in the clouds

As students below in red, green, yellow and blue

Manipulate the world around them.

True.


I’ve seen rolling green hills with doors in them

That lead to the houses within

In a lovely, homely place called the Shire

Filled with small, round, shoeless people

True.


I’ve been to a camp for children

Who are more than merely human

Orange T-shirts and bronze weapons

And wildly different little cabins

True.


I’ve been thrown in the middle of an arena

With 23 other bloodthirsty children

Learned to shoot a bow and survive in the woods

And saved the life of a boy I knew

True. 


I’ve seen all these places and things

Without ever leaving my room

Warm in my bed I travel to far lands

And see things beyond this world

True. 


The author's comments:

By writing this piece, I wanted to capture the feeling of reading a book. It's a magical thing, and you can go on any number of adventures just by opening the cover. It's something that can't be mimicked, or replaced. This poem alludes to some of my favorite books, and captures the feeling of visiting the worlds within the pages. 


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