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Let Me Be Free

May 25, 2011
By swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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I want to be free
To wake up in the morning
And not have a list of assignments to do.
I don’t want to work all weekend,
Watch longingly at the people walking on the sidewalk,
Be so close to them yet unable
To join,
Held by the iron shackles of school
EOCs, finals, tests, projects, never ending work.
I want to
Breathe the air of carelessness,
Drink the potion of independence,
Leave my dark, dank cave.
I want to
Stay out until midnight,
Get a little crazy with friends.
I want to be free –
Open the door to my cage,
Prop open the window,
Give me life.



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on Jun. 24 2011 at 6:31 pm
introducingshelby GOLD, San Diego, California
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;People change so you can learn to let go, things go wrong so you can appreciate them when they go right, and things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot;<br /> -Marilyn Monroe

I get every word you wrote there c:

 

Hi, I'm Shelby, by the way. (I saw on your page, you speak French? SERIOUSLY? That is too cool. You lucky arse.)


on Jun. 24 2011 at 5:05 pm
swimmergirl5683 SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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thanks :)

anagam - i found my inspiration for that line in my school play, bye bye birdie... 55 hours of torture and fun :)


on Jun. 23 2011 at 9:49 pm
TheHangingGirl BRONZE, Winter Haven, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poets utter great and wise things that they themselves can not comprehend.&quot;

I like the last part alot!

 

Stay out till midnight. get a little crazy with friends.

I want to be free- Open the door to my cage and prop open the windows. Give me life."

Original and lovely. I feel the same!


Anagam BRONZE said...
on Jun. 23 2011 at 2:06 pm
Anagam BRONZE, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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i love it!! "drink the potion of independence" very nice :D