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March 22, 2014
By Sgalli BRONZE, Templeton, California
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Sgalli BRONZE, Templeton, California
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Favorite Quote:
Everybody is a genius. But If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.- Albert Einstein

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I have wings
But I can't fly
Even when I try
So I must climb
Find the footholds on the mountain
Use them to propel me up
Up to where I fell from
I'll fall again and again
But I must continue
Up
To where my dreams are awakened
I will climb until I have fallen to many times to count
I have wings
But I can't fly
So I'll continue to climb
With these broken wings of mine.

© Kaylen C., St. Clair, MI

The author's comments:
I'm kind of struggling with stuff in my life right now, so I wrote it down on a piece of paper.
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