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Stick To The Paper

July 26, 2011
By EnigmaticBeing PLATINUM, Santa Barbara, California
EnigmaticBeing PLATINUM, Santa Barbara, California
22 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.&#039;<br /> James A. Baldwin


When I was little
I would run free
Thinking about everything
Never quite
Fitting in
Loving the feeling
Of never sticking
To the paper
Given to me by
The teacher
Always escaping
The lines
Like a butterfly who
Never lost her way
Because she knew
We knew
The way was okay
For those
Stuck to
The paper
But not us
No
We were free
To fly
Above the trees
Above the birds
Above everything
Everyone
Everywhere
Who had ever tried
To hold us down
We are still flying
Fluttering
Soaring up
Up
Up
Higher
Higher
Deeper into the sky
Getting farther away
Never meant to stay
But forever longing to say
"I will not stick to the paper"
To the teachers who shushed our
Beautiful
Magical
Unfettered eyes
The teachers
The people
Who couldn't keep us tied to the ground
No matter how many times they tried
Because we are something more
Something anomalous
Enigmatic
Something who crushes the lines
That will never
Grasp
The wings that let us escape
The mundane paper
That was never
Created
For us who
Refuse to
Stick to the paper


The author's comments:
I just feel that people have always tried to hold me down but somehow I've always escaped. Sticking to the paper is the same idea as not coloring in the lines. I just feel that sticking makes more sense. People always trying to grab my ankle and stick it to the paper before I took the next step towards something greater. Towards what they know I will be.

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on Aug. 29 2011 at 5:58 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
44 articles 16 photos 2206 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boredom instigates extreme creativity. <br /> ~Amoniel<br /> <br /> "Bowing gratefully to all of my subjects, 'thank you. Thank you. The pleasure is mine." Nah, I'm just kidding. We're all kings together.'" <br /> ~Thesilentraven

"Loving the feeling
Of never sticking
To the paper
Given to me by
The teacher" 

That is amazingly descriptive, and a very unique and personal take on something I think many people feel. Great job!


on Jul. 29 2011 at 1:38 pm
EnigmaticBeing PLATINUM, Santa Barbara, California
22 articles 0 photos 51 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.&#039;<br /> James A. Baldwin

Thanks, I think this piece is better then the "Why" poem I wrote. I wrote this poem recently and I think I've grown as a writer since then. 

on Jul. 29 2011 at 9:47 am
MumblingMelanie DIAMOND, Jackson, Missouri
79 articles 0 photos 210 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t be a victim; be a titan.

Another wonderful piece. :)