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May 7, 2011
By akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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akell PLATINUM, Asheville, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
There can be no society without poetry, but society can never be realized as poetry, it is never poetic. Sometimes the two terms seek to break apart. They cannot.<br /> -Octavio Paz

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Sparks ignite,
Then embers smolder.
Life pulls like the tide,
As a year defines me older.
Rather closer, seventeen,
With new chances to give.
Yet, my gift is terrifying and terrific-
A new opportunity to live.

© Erich A., Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

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Another year, another chapter. I am the author of my own story.
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