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All Burns Heal

October 21, 2011
By livelovesmile GOLD, Gaithersburg, Maryland
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livelovesmile GOLD, Gaithersburg, Maryland
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I am like a star burst. A juicy contradiction. I'm hard to figure out, but when you get to my center, your suprised! It's not what you thought it would be, huh.

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Tick, tock. Tick, tock.

Life's wasting, crumbling away in to a thin nothingness.
Tick.
The harsh reality,
Tock.
Is that one day no one will remember.
Tick, tock.

That fight you had with your best friend? That c you got in science? The cold you had last week?

All ancient history.

Tick, tock. Tick, tock. The quiet old man everyone is scared of? He used to look young... before the war.

Tick.
You don't know what will come,
Tock.
In this fireplace we call life.

For your best friend might not always be there. You may become a scientist, and discover the cure for the common cold.

You don't know if the fire will warm or burn you.

But you're left with the clock tick-tocking away.

So take those risks,

'cause all burns heal.

© Elizabeth B., Wichita Falls, TX

The author's comments:
Sometimes we have to take a step back and see life as life, a passing thing each day. Your chances wont last forever, and as teens we should be reminded this.
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livelovesmile GOLD said...
on Jan. 5 2012 at 3:49 pm
livelovesmile GOLD, Gaithersburg, Maryland
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I am like a star burst. A juicy contradiction. I&#039;m hard to figure out, but when you get to my center, your suprised! It&#039;s not what you thought it would be, huh.

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Thank you so much! It means a lot to me!
Reversetrajedies SILVER said...
on Jan. 5 2012 at 3:31 pm
Reversetrajedies SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
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&quot;I am not talented. I&#039;m only passionatly curious.&quot; -Albert Einstein

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writers write. talkers talk. speaker speak. you do all 3. :)
Eilleen said...
on Dec. 17 2011 at 10:25 pm
Eilleen, Saskatoon, Other
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I like this poem it's interesting and it's so very true time does goes by quick.
InfiniteRain BRONZE said...
on Nov. 19 2011 at 9:32 pm
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Very interesting, I like it
elfishy said...
on Oct. 31 2011 at 1:35 pm
i like your style of writing. its really deep <3