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Slipping Through Our Fingers

April 15, 2014
By White-Rabbit SILVER, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
White-Rabbit SILVER, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
7 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then." Lewis Carroll


When did we stop believing that we could be heroes? When did we stop dreaming of flying and endlessly begin awaking to nightmares of falling? When did we forget that we are the future? That what the world will look like is up to us? That we can make it as beautiful...or as ugly, as we please? As we chose to. Since when did we think that everything we were reaching for would only ever slip through our fingers and shatter at our feet? When did we become these creatures of destruction that would shrink in the corners, folding their claws around themselves and hiding their teeth to cry without anyone hearing the deathly sound of their pain? When did we leave behind the fantasies of our childhood; the ones in which good always conquered evil and love was the greatest power over them all? When did we stop remembering how incredible we are? How could we have let the gorgeous glory that we were yet to become slip through our fingers without fighting to hold onto our futures, to screech back in the face of the demons, and to determine that we were the winners in the battles that our ancestors had created with their own mistakes of greed? Stop hiding, dear dreamers, beneath the shadows of the commanding conformity that believes it owns the world you created.



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on Apr. 23 2014 at 9:09 pm
White-Rabbit SILVER, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
7 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then." Lewis Carroll

Wow, thanks for the feedback!

JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 22 2014 at 9:48 pm
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

Well this was a slap to the face - in the best way! :) Jeez, I hope more people will give this a read and think Hey, you're right, we ARE awesome! Loved the article, keep it up! :D

White-Rabbit said...
on Apr. 22 2014 at 6:12 pm
Thank you very much. This piece meant a lot to me and I'm really glad it reached beyond the ink and paper. 

HudaZav SILVER said...
on Apr. 22 2014 at 10:14 am
HudaZav SILVER, Toronto, Other
8 articles 6 photos 390 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing is impossible; the word itself says &#039;I&#039;m possible&#039;!&quot; -Audrey Hepburn

You had a really good message being portrayed throughout the article. This really touched me, and I hope lots of other people feel as inspired as I do while reading this piece. Good work!