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The Penny Seal

May 28, 2013
By 1oceanbreeze BRONZE, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.<br /> <br /> <br /> --Leonardo da Vinci<br /> <br /> Quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we&#039;re quoting.<br /> <br /> <br /> ---John Green

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his sincerity surprises me, leaves me
scrambling to piece together the invisible jigsaw
that is my future.

my life is not what i want it to be
but i am secure inside its familiar embrace

i ask "why seattle?" why so far
away. he says because
life should not be comfortable
safe
or easy.

it doesn't answer the question
and yet
somehow

i am left with more
than one person can ponder alone
sitting in my grandfather's old chair
in the summer twilight

© Grace L., Bacolod City, Philippines

The author's comments:
I was talking to a friend of mine who is going to college really far away. He's usually snarky or sarcastic, and when he explained why it took me by surprise. This is what happened. I hope people think about what they're doing with their lives and make sure it doesn't pass them by.
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