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What can stop growing—BOOM!—the storm within?
What can stop growing—BOOM!—the storm within?
Oh, how laughs she make can warm; Her voice such
Breeze by which my heart all sings—enliven;
Her smile the sun post-rain buds soak, seek, touch.
But my every flower, candy, letter,
Sit cold, ignored, as still reject rings clear,
Still I tell her jokes and still forever
Her laughter don’t return; heartbreak’s austere.
There once stood a stream and strong plateau, then,
Rock rocked downstream, currents rolled miles high,
Storms raged, eons ebbed and flowed, ruts dug, when
I cried, why, Nature, canyons must divide?
Yet rejection storms like nature, and thus,
Acceptance paves the only way robust.
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Teenagers often have to navigate through many rejections in their lives, whether it be of romantic nature or college admissions. So, I dedicate this sonnet to anyone, especially teenagers, that was once rejected.