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Fire&Water

March 8, 2010
By SimplySloan PLATINUM, Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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You have the ability to be great<br /> You just need to find the strength.*-Me<br /> <br /> You can&#039;t just wish for happiness and magically receive it, you have to do something for yourself, to feel it.*-Me

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I walked
hand in hand
With fire.
Then you came
And put it out
With a bucket of your finest water.

With very few words,
You came and pushed me on
So I could stop living this
Wistful life of mine

You too
Took my hand
And walked me down
A new bed of coals.*

© Amanda F., Orangeburg, NY

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