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To Being Young
Tonight, we are young
So let’s cry our hearts out
over things we’ll soon forget
Let’s lose ourselves
and paint memories smeared with regret
Let’s bruise ourselves
pushed by insecurities and self loathing
Let’s feel our faith dwindling
as we become “appropriate audiences” to things which shock us
Let’s cry our hearts out,
because we’re not immune to it yet
And let’s pray to the Gods we question
that someone, somewhere out there
feels the way we do
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Anyhoo:), i really like this, but i wish you would have shortened the really long line. Im not saying to rewrite, simply break it up. Other than that i absolutely adore this. It was beautifully written, and i love reading and writing free verse. If you want to feel free to check out some more of my work. "Tribute to his singing heart" is my only haiku, but i have a lot of free verse, limericks, and one nonfiction piece.
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Yeah I think I did that to make sure it flowed well.
Thank you for your comment :)
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This was very interesting. I loved your message and it was clearly protrayed. In the begining you had this very nice flow going on, yet you kind of lost it as you progressed. Also I wasn't sure about the use of "let's cry our hearts out" the 2nd time around. I think a fresh idea was have worked better there.
Besides those little think I thought this was really good.