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I am.

October 26, 2010
By JessicaRiann BRONZE, Billings, Montana
JessicaRiann BRONZE, Billings, Montana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Taking me seriously is a big mistake. I certainly wouldn&#039;t.&quot;<br /> -Ani DiFranco


I am from a house
on the corner of two streets
that don't really matter,
where I spend my nights looking in a mirror, discovering dusty pieces of myself.

I am from quick sketches,
poems that really aren't that good.
Why can't I be more like him? Like her?

I am from old books.
A safe and familiar refuge
away from all the insanity
that is
Myself.

I am from Uncertainty, Timidity,
Hesitation, Fear of Rejection;
Whittling me into a frail, careful creature.



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on Feb. 10 2012 at 7:57 am
Jae_bear BRONZE, Somewhere, Mississippi
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Favorite Quote:
Altough the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. ---Helen Keller---

I loved it b/c I could relate to this. I have a fear of rejection and that everyone hates me. I loved it and your a great writer and you should write more poems and put them on here...!

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on Nov. 10 2010 at 11:39 pm
Why,thank you. :]

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on Nov. 10 2010 at 11:37 pm
Why,thank you. :]

on Nov. 10 2010 at 8:37 am
Th3Wishless SILVER, Marshall, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That&#039;s the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.&rdquo;<br /> Chuck Palahniuk

You are a great writer :)