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Dreams ? Reality

August 16, 2011
By Me22895 DIAMOND, Azle, Texas
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If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

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She spends all day dreaming
About running through a field of flowers, but she never goes outside.
About being kissed, but her throat closes up and she can’t even speak around guys.
About being rebellious, but when the time comes, she does as she is told.
About leaving home, but she hasn’t even picked out a college yet.
About being free, but she hides in her room.
She spends all day dreaming about changing into the person she dreams of, but every day she stays the same.

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creativegirl BRONZE said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 10:41 pm
creativegirl BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
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i really enjoy reading this poem. everything about is true.
SunkistKisser BRONZE said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 10:17 pm
SunkistKisser BRONZE, Tempe, Arizona
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&quot;Not one would mind, neither bird not tree<br /> If mankind perished utterly<br /> And Spring herself, when she woke at down,<br /> Would hardly know that we were gone.&quot; ~Sara Teasdale<br /> (Yea, I know, it&#039;s kind of deep, but I kind of dig it.))

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Wonderful! I really enjoyed this poem. It's sad in a nice way and you take away something from it. Keep writing!
savetheplanet PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 8:49 pm
savetheplanet PLATINUM, Anaheim, California
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

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These are like my dreams...
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 8:13 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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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

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Hmmmmm, I can really relate to this. It's so sad. But I believe that the dreaming will slowly change into reality, I am reading Mr. Henderson The Rain King, after all.
Thesilentraven PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 8:05 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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The poem itself really lived up to the brutal finality of the title. "Dreams?" says the idealist hopefully. "Is there anything to them?" Says the cynic, "no, they make you immobile." Something about this poem coaxed a great deal of thought from the recesses of my deeper mind, so I must thank you for that. You've really touched on something quite significant here.

I disagree. We are always moving with our dreams, even if we are not moving today. There will come a day when she will run through fields of flowers and be kissed and be rebellious and leave home and be free, dreaming is just like a premonition of those times. Well done with this poem.

scarlettstains SILVER said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 3:03 pm
scarlettstains SILVER, Duluth, Georgia
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That's all a dream is - just a dream.
Blue4indigo PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 22 2011 at 11:20 am
Blue4indigo PLATINUM, Sturbridge, Connecticut
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I&#039;d rather be sorry for something that I did than for something I didn&#039;t do.<br /> -Red Scott

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Wonderful poem, this really speaks to me. Truly beautiful work.

Could you please read some of my work, rate, and tell me what you think?

Anonymous01 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 21 2011 at 9:58 pm
Anonymous01 PLATINUM, Baldwinsvillle, New York
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&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot;<br /> -Ernest Hemingway

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this is truley amazing, i cant even think of what else to say. its just that brilliant. keep writing :)