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The People MAG

February 27, 2016
By Kimina_Kat PLATINUM, Youngstown, Ohio
Kimina_Kat PLATINUM, Youngstown, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"In Hamilton, Burr spends years waiting for a chair to be offered at the table in 'the room where it happens.' Patience and timing will play a part in your ultimate success for sure. But I found the happiness and consistency I wanted for so long at the exact moment I decided to build my own table and my own chairs." ~ Leslie Odom Jr.


This is an ode to the people who
Are just like me
And the people who are not

(The first editions, first drafts
Copyrights and copycats)

This is an ode to my personal repertoire
Biographies and memoirs
Fiction and less so
My 300 songs and symphonies
That save me from reality

(Spirit me away from my circular thought pattern
Take me from this world obsessed)

This is an ode to all the people
I have seen
The books I’ve read and beauty
I’ve known

(My masterpieces
My healing charms)

This is an ode to those
Who feel sometimes as if
The whole world would cave in
And that they alone must hold it up,
Atlas in their own right

(Need more strength?
Take some of mine.)

This is an ode to the people
Family, friends, those who are both
My guardians and those I guard
My crutches and my patients

(Who sometimes test my patience
And I love them all the more)

This one’s for the people
The real people
Who live and love and laugh and cry
Who know how to be alive
and are.



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why.not BRONZE said...
on Mar. 4 2016 at 7:10 pm
why.not BRONZE, Troy, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
You know who&#039;s gonna get you exactly where you want to be?<br /> You.

I really like where you went with this. I think it speaks to many people of various levels. Nicely done.