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Here I Stand

April 9, 2014
By GEEKCEPTION BRONZE, San Diego, California
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GEEKCEPTION BRONZE, San Diego, California
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Favorite Quote:
"If you're an insect then you're a mayfly. Here for a day then gone. We're here and then we're gone. And it's not about the time that we're here, but what we do with the time." Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave

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Here I stand in the golden hours
Waves crash and people talk and laugh
The colorful sky and beautiful flowers
As beautiful as this, nothing would even be half

Here I stand with leaves at my feet
Rays of sunlight pass through trees
Bare trees without leaves seem incomplete
Grass grows along the dirt path with a strong breeze

Here I stand above the tall trees
A beautiful view thousands of feet high
The journey was not of one’s ease
For the view and the untouchable sky

Here I stand away from puffs of black smoke
Now and forever I have awoke.

© Michael T., Letart, WV

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