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It's Just Here

August 31, 2012
By shreydesai GOLD, Saratoga, California
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"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do."

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Look further, no more
It’s clear, not a chore
For within, I’ve seen,
It’s just here.

I thought it was gone,
Alas! It’s too long!
I don’t want to walk that mile,
Not the Nile, it’s just here.

I was looking for a hope,
But all I could do is mope,
I received the many cuts,
But no fear, it’s just here.

For as long as I could walk,
It was short, a piece of chalk,
Smeared over the fort,
No, it’s just here.

© Rebecca Y., Los Angeles, CA

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Not everything you're looking for is hidden; sometimes it's right in front of your eyes.
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