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But Not Nothing

March 23, 2015
By jenjenjen123 BRONZE, Vancouver, Other
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I am three,
I am sixteen,
I am 101
I am zero,
But not nothing

I am three,
I have a lion's heart,
and when you stare into my eyes,
You can see the future

I am 101
I am no longer aware of my surroundings
I am no longer aware of what life brings
I am no longer aware of the time
But who is counting

I am zero,
But not nothing.
If I were to be nothing,
Then I would be


I am alone,
But not lonely
I have grown, I am only
Zero,
But not nothing

© Emily D., St. Albans, WV

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