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They Find ME strange

October 19, 2011
By -Char- GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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-Char- GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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The true friends are the ones who can get you to laugh even in your darkest depressions. ~Me

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They find me strange, they find me awkward.
Is that so?
Is it so weird to want to be proud of who I am.
I think deep.
Yet, my thoughts can't be processed while read aloud.
They find me strange, just to walk this earth.
They find it strange, that I could proudly sing, dance, write, and laugh, as freely as I possibly can.
They find me strange, why, I wonder?
Could it be so strange to live life free, could I be so strange, to closely search for my destiny?
They find me strange,
WHY,
I wonder?
Do you find me strange, as you read these words to yourself, in that lonely room of yours?
They find ME strange.
I don't see a problem with what I do.
They say it's a free country, isn't that true?
I want to live my life free, trying to go without worry.
Yet, they find ME strange, as they poke fun,they find ME strange, as I smile at the sun.

© Colleen F., Marblehead, MA

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-Char- GOLD said...
on Jan. 11 2012 at 10:49 pm
-Char- GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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To me I don't think it flows well, either. It sounds like I was wrighting an angry paragraph, I guess...
Kayla12w BRONZE said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 10:44 pm
Kayla12w BRONZE, Clearfield, Utah
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Great job! I dont find you strange, by the way

 

HateKnuckle SILVER said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 9:40 pm
HateKnuckle SILVER, Peru, New York
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Good theme but I don't like the way you went about it. The flow wasn't very good and the description felt lacking but the idea was wonderful.
izyfizy GOLD said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 8:54 pm
izyfizy GOLD, Alameda, California
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OH MY GOSH!!!! I <3 thisssss!!!! Keeppp writing, you amazing writer you!!!!! :D <3
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 8:33 pm
IamtheshyStargirl PLATINUM, Lothlorien, Utah
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You sound like a Stargirl :)  

Nice poem, very expressive, I think it really does represent you as a person, and I don't find you abnormally strange ;)

TapTap SILVER said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 7:42 pm
TapTap SILVER, New Berlin, Wisconsin
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Wow this is powerfull and really makes your point, if of course im seeing your point the right way! 5/5 stars, keep writing plz! 
RaveFire PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 2 2011 at 7:22 pm
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wow...char this is really good. when i read the line " do you fine me strange, as you read these words to yourself, in that lonely room of yours" i felt guilty, like i had been caught doing saomehting bad..lol