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Elephant in the Room

March 10, 2013
By ZoeBro17 PLATINUM, Carlsbad, California
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Make the most of yourself, for thats all their is of you.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Don't shut me out.
Don't push me away.
Anything but the silence
Can just as easily say,
Your words unspoken,
And the feelings true,
With the thoughts you meant,
As I sat next to you.
I'm ripped.
I'm torn.
I'm battered and beaten.
Lying on the ground,
With nothing to sweeten,
The song of the silence,
That stands perfectly still;
In the abandoned room,
That no words could fill.

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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