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Feeble Wings

December 13, 2014
By briinm BRONZE, Valley Stream, New York
briinm BRONZE, Valley Stream, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Change your thoughts, and you change your world."


Everyone's wings;

Majestic and white.

While mine are still small and fight for a flight

     they cannot attain.

Everyone else has lifted off of their tree branch.

And as I stare with a hint of a glare,

I attempt to lift off as well, but tend to crash.

 

Silly me, focusing on what others can do,

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While I still await for myself to shoo,

Shoo away from my nest!

Yet, I'm so infatuated and intrigued by the rest.

 

Silly me, comparing my wings to others,

Not knowing that focusing on my own,

Can grown my feathers.


The author's comments:

Focus on yourself so that you can build on yourself and your aspirations.  Attempting to be somebody else will eventually lead to a dead end.


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