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Never Stop Singing

April 4, 2012
By hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson


I walk into view.
Thousands of eyes turn to mine.
Skirts flowing.
Heart racing.
Feet thumping.
Though I am not alone I still feel like the sole soul in the universe.
I hear the notes from the instruments.
Stringed,
keyed,
wind,
brass,
percussion.
All playing as one.
Like the flit of a butterfly's wings.
Light and soft we-
I
Start to sing.
The music flows through me.
Ever flowing.
I will not-
Cannot
ever stop singing.


The author's comments:
This piece is what goes through my mind as I'm performing on stage.

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on Jul. 14 2012 at 9:36 am
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

Thanks, glad you enjoyed reading :3

on Jul. 10 2012 at 3:53 pm
TheLastShadowChaos BRONZE, Hohenwald, Tennessee
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amazing poem xD

on Jul. 5 2012 at 11:13 am
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

Yeah, I'm sure everyone who performs feels like this on stage. It's something you work so hard for and it finally happens. It's the best feeling in the whole world :))

on Jun. 20 2012 at 7:06 am
MumblingMelanie DIAMOND, Jackson, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
Don't be a victim; be a titan.

Wonderful! I'm a horrid singer, but I play the clarinet and feel just the same during a concert.

Well done! :D


LaceeJade GOLD said...
on Apr. 29 2012 at 6:08 pm
LaceeJade GOLD, Bucyrus, Ohio
17 articles 4 photos 136 comments

Favorite Quote:
♥ I've made mistakes in my life. i've let people take advantage of me, and i accepted way less than i deserve. But, i've learned from my bad choices, and even though there are some things i can never get back and people who will never be sorry. i'll know better next time and i wont settle for anything less than i deserve. ♥

I love this. It has an emotional aspect about it. Along with a personal one. With that being said these pieces are the true meaning of writing poetry.

LaceeJade GOLD said...
on Apr. 29 2012 at 6:08 pm
LaceeJade GOLD, Bucyrus, Ohio
17 articles 4 photos 136 comments

Favorite Quote:
♥ I've made mistakes in my life. i've let people take advantage of me, and i accepted way less than i deserve. But, i've learned from my bad choices, and even though there are some things i can never get back and people who will never be sorry. i'll know better next time and i wont settle for anything less than i deserve. ♥

Wow, this has an amazing emotional aspect about it!

on Apr. 16 2012 at 7:49 pm
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

I'm so sad. I had my last concert for the semester yesterday and now I have to wait until August to experience this feeling again. Thank you for reading.

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on Apr. 16 2012 at 4:57 pm
deleted, Miami, Florida
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Beautiful, exactly how I feel whenever I go on stage.

on Apr. 13 2012 at 5:31 pm
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
"... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;
To tell one's name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog"
-Emily Dickinson

I'm in a professional chior with other kids and adults...we sing opera, which I think is pretty awesome :)

Joshua. GOLD said...
on Apr. 13 2012 at 11:08 am
Joshua. GOLD, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Favorite Quote:
"So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" - Hunter S Tompson

Really wonderful. I know how this is. 

What do you perform?! :)