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Curriculum Vitae

January 9, 2014
By jess14 BRONZE, New York, New York
jess14 BRONZE, New York, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"We accept the love we think we deserve"


1999

1) I was born in the City of Dreams.

2) A canopy of bright faces looking down at me.
Living in a world full of sunny smiles and warm embraces.

3) Full of gleaming tears as my school years started
and I felt the ache of separation.

4) Mornings of cries turned to radiant laughter
as I experienced the happiness of friendship.

5) I found my love for letters and stories
full of skipping children and shiny swings.

6) My youth was struck with the anguish of death
when the crinkled eyes of my dog looked up at me for the last time.

7) School days filled with play time turned into
thick lectures and droopy eyes.

8) I discovered an escape from life's dreariness
when I found another life in the pages of a book.

9) I moved into the internal battle of adolescence.

10) A snowy memory of slides and swings,
longing for the days of no worries.

11) So far, so good. Luminous day and quiet nights run by and I’m trying to keep up.


The author's comments:
This poem was inspired by Curriculum Vitae by Lisel Mueller

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Pooju BRONZE said...
on Jan. 14 2014 at 3:16 am
Pooju BRONZE, Chennai, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s Not About Who You Spend Friday Night With...<br /> ...It&#039;s About With Who You Want To Spend The Whole Of Saturday And Sunday Night...&quot;

Nice , but would've been better without the numbers :/

Lanimal SILVER said...
on Jan. 13 2014 at 9:37 pm
Lanimal SILVER, Thornton, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.&quot;<br /> -Edmund Hillary

Nice work, love the detail! :)