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If I could stop...

March 13, 2010
By starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
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*life isnt about pretending to be something you&#039;re not. It about being who you are and finding someone <br /> who loves every bit of it.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Life&#039;s tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late&quot;

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If I could stop one life from ending
I shall reach my goal
If I could give one heart the mending
Or help a poor soul
Or help one bird fly
Unto the big blue sky
I shall reach my goal..

© Reisha R., Bowie, TX

The author's comments:
This poem was adapted from Emily Dickinson, but this piece was written entirely by me. Thank you so much for reading!!!!
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Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jul. 26 2011 at 8:28 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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What the front door.

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youre welcome very much. i do love your positvement and upliftness. and i am loving the first line alone my dear.
SarahJumps SILVER said...
on Jun. 13 2010 at 11:52 pm
SarahJumps SILVER, Richmond, Virginia
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Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. <br /> -Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> <br /> I think, at a child&#039;s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity. -E.R

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This is simple but good. i like it 
starlight26 GOLD said...
on Jun. 2 2010 at 8:43 pm
starlight26 GOLD, Miramar, Florida
11 articles 7 photos 174 comments

Favorite Quote:
*life isnt about pretending to be something you&#039;re not. It about being who you are and finding someone <br /> who loves every bit of it.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Life&#039;s tradegy is that we get old too soon and wise too late&quot;

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Thanks a lot!!:)

 

forgottenpenname GOLD said...
on May. 26 2010 at 4:21 pm
forgottenpenname GOLD, Troy, Michigan
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&quot;Carpe diem.&quot;

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I love it and I love its meaning. Great writing!!