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Open and Closed

March 30, 2010
By wordlvr94 PLATINUM, El Dorado Hills, California
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wordlvr94 PLATINUM, El Dorado Hills, California
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"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" - William Shakespeare

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I am open
You are closed
I am willing
You are not
I feel pain
You feel nothing
I give up
You give in
I speak truth
You weave lies
I think through everything
You think through your next meal
I want happiness
You want sorrow
I look towards the sun
You bask in the moon
I step forward
You drag everyone else back
I learn from my mistakes
You relish in painful memories
But I am broken
And you are the life raft that keeps me from sinking

© Brad S., Lecompton, KS

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