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Trapped

May 4, 2011
By motzart567 BRONZE, Aurora, Colorado
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motzart567 BRONZE, Aurora, Colorado
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Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. -- Lawrence M. Krauss

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I am a girl,
ready to explode
into emptiness.
A piece of ice
ready to melt
unnoticed
into nothing.

Desperately grabbing
reality
trying to not go
insane

trying to find
who I am.

I reflect
an unclear image
of who
you want me to be.
Trapped,
caged,
in the distorted image
of who I am.

I scream,
I thrash,
I claw
my way
until I
momentarily
escape
from the bonds
that you have
caught me in.

When I do,
I dance,
and sing,
and express
who I am.
Free from
everything
I am not.

© Becca W., Greenbrae, CA

The author's comments:
I go to a school where we have to put all of our work in a book called a portfolio at the end of the year. I had to make a personal statement, which is a document that explains who I am. This poem was a part of explaining that.
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motzart567 BRONZE said...
on Jul. 2 2011 at 12:41 pm
motzart567 BRONZE, Aurora, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. -- Lawrence M. Krauss

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Thanks! Its not my favorite :P 
ninjadragon56 SILVER said...
on Jun. 29 2011 at 10:42 pm
ninjadragon56 SILVER, Denver, Colorado
6 articles 4 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
Private favorite personal quote, do not read, all violaters will be prosicuted.

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Lovely my friend, absolutely lovely! I love this a lot.