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Step By Step

April 4, 2013
By Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green


Its strange how our paths
Are erased from our minds;
The stepping stones of life
Vanish before our eyes.
Sometimes they fork in two,
Sometimes it’s a one-way road.
Either way, we struggle down this path;
Obstacles are placed strategically.
One wrong step can leave us
Tumbling.

We are blind from the future
Yet linger in the past.
We only see what we can,
Only see what we want.
We try to grasp the stones
Under pressure
But our limbs slide from
Its hidden surface,
Slipping away from existence.

So the question remains:
When can we truly perceive
The path in front of us?



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Hanban12 ELITE said...
on Jul. 26 2013 at 10:49 pm
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

Thank you sooooooooooo much! It means the world to me that someone is inspired by my work; after all, its what writers are put on this earth to do, yeah? :)

Enderman GOLD said...
on Jul. 26 2013 at 3:18 pm
Enderman GOLD, No, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is no monster greater than a lack of compassion.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> -Master Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

You just made me rethink my entire life.  After reading this it makes me think about things that I never would have before.  The way you write, even if you put it bluntly, it comes out sounding beautiful!  You are truly an excellent writer and have to be one of the BEST on TeenInk!!!

on Apr. 16 2013 at 8:53 am
Alex_Writer GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
18 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.&quot; ~Eleanor Roosevelt

You put it so well, and the rythme was great!  I also loved your word choice.

on Apr. 15 2013 at 4:52 pm
Fallen_ PLATINUM, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 3 photos 433 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; a shattered world is only an opening into a new beginning with laughs, smiles, and love all around enter the world of the light and away from the broken darkness&quot;

It was capture amazingly great job

Tman2 GOLD said...
on Apr. 12 2013 at 9:19 am
Tman2 GOLD, North Palm Beach, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 19 comments
You captured the feeling beatifuly