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"Utopia, as Dreamed by a Ghost"

March 24, 2010
By Starrlyt PLATINUM, Willard, North Carolina
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Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars -Les Brown

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As I tune in and out of conversation like a television signal in the middle of a storm
I think thoughts and I hear sounds never known before.

In this dream world, whippoorwills tweet a sweet melody of happiness, not knowing pain or torture, only love and bliss.

In this version of Utopia, Sleeping Beauty always gets her kiss.

In this world of happily ever after, children only know fun and laughter.

There are no homeless, or unemployed.
There are no convicts or men deployed.

Only peace exists in this world.

A world as eternal as I,
But in one swift breath, it shall end, like the life of the host,
And the writer, the soul of it, will merely become a ghost.
A ghost of thought.
A ghost of the past.
A ghost the half of which was merely an illusion will be fully dead, at last.

© Sisylia O., Surabaya, Indonesia

The author's comments:
I wrote this to symbolize life itself. People daydream all the time, and reality hits extremely hard when they wake up...
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Starrlyt PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 27 2010 at 11:45 am
Starrlyt PLATINUM, Willard, North Carolina
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Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you&#039;ll land among the stars -Les Brown

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Awww...you really think so? :) Thanks.
brianj BRONZE said...
on Apr. 23 2010 at 9:47 pm
brianj BRONZE, Jeannette, Pennsylvania
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&quot;the real trouble with reality is that there&#039;s no background music&quot;<br /> &quot;i don&#039;t suffer from insanity. i enjoy every minute of it.&quot;<br /> &ldquo;Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?&rdquo; -Marianne Williamson. Trying so hard to believe this but SO not succeeding&hellip;..

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no problem :) sometimes all you really need is a confidence boost.....or else writing just feels pointless, like you're no good so why should you try.....i know the feeling.......but you are good......just undiscovered......keep going.....best of luck.
Starrlyt PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 22 2010 at 11:16 am
Starrlyt PLATINUM, Willard, North Carolina
20 articles 0 photos 89 comments

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Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you&#039;ll land among the stars -Les Brown

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Wow. Plenty of people have told me I'm a great poetess, but no one has ever put it quite the way you did. Thank you.  Your comment makes me feel more confident about my writing.  :)
brianj BRONZE said...
on Apr. 21 2010 at 5:58 pm
brianj BRONZE, Jeannette, Pennsylvania
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&quot;the real trouble with reality is that there&#039;s no background music&quot;<br /> &quot;i don&#039;t suffer from insanity. i enjoy every minute of it.&quot;<br /> &ldquo;Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?&rdquo; -Marianne Williamson. Trying so hard to believe this but SO not succeeding&hellip;..

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i honestly loved this.....you're like a hidden talent.....the idea is amazing and you did a great job of covering it :)