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Sometimes we set our hopes too high - believe in love, when loves a lie wish for dreams too far from reach Ignore the lessons we try to preach We jump right in-despite scars from the past break one more time-knowing it won't be our last we lose our identities one by one as we strive to be what we never become We're not given choices we're told who to be Before they see character they see what they see Were judged for our skin, here, appearance is gold where the beauty in a face beats the beauty in a soul Still we're expected to be better than that believe "sticks n stones" n all that crap Don't judge the cover-great standards by far when it's those very vanities that define who we are If only it mattered what we learn rarely does not how our clothes fit but how our hearts love

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 3/4/2011 10:47:00 AM
Creative and expressive write on Undefined, Nicole
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Date: 3/4/2011 7:48:00 AM
That last line is so important but sometimes that is not the life that we live..Enjoyed reading your work this morn..Sara
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Date: 3/4/2011 7:35:00 AM
Much truth spoken here. I 'd like to see you do a piece that doesn't focus too much on the rhyme scheme. Not that this piece was done poorly at all. This was damn good. But, I sense this potential for something much stronger from you. Very well done!
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