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The Dress I'll Never Wear

December 30, 2009
By cree8ive GOLD, Billings, Montana
cree8ive GOLD, Billings, Montana
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Favorite Quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." Mariane Williamson


Beautiful gowns
of silk and sequins
hang elegantly
in the shop’s
fine windows.
I see one
my size, my color-
But it’s not
meant for me.
I go inside anyway,
take the dress down
run my fingers
along it’s hems
I stand there-
hating Sadie Hawkins
because I know
I’ll never go to
that dance.
And yet I can see
myself dancing,
twirling about
in this dress
with someone special.
I take one last look
at the dress- then
hang it back up
right next to my dreams.



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