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(you are what you eat.)

February 25, 2013
By Anonymous

she was referring to my coke and fries, but
that night i ate a dandelion salad,
no dressing.

the next day: nectar and rose petals
for breakfast; my parents
don’t ask questions, you know how
teenage girls are these days.

at lunch, i ask for
water in a glass, no ice;
i eat it all and delight in my newfound
transparency, the way i
flow and ebb
back
and forth.

i eat feathers for dinner and you hold me
so i don’t get carried off
by the breeze.
i swallow a firefly by accident
and glow all night long.

(maybe tomorrow, i think
i’ll drink the wind
and disappear)



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on Mar. 5 2013 at 10:13 pm
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
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Favorite Quote:
I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel

So creative and insightful, the way you took that literally, it's an AMAZING poem! I didn't expect this when I clicked on the title but nice surprise.   I really do like it a lot :D