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The Choice

November 8, 2011
By NorthernDownpour BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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NorthernDownpour BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
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"A painter paints on canvas, but a musician paints on silence."

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Cold and Alone

I dive into the dark surface

The water submerges me

In fear

Air leaves me

Dizzy and confused

Arms flailing

I am failing

No one can hear me

Or see me

The surface taunts me with its normalcy

Waves of thought controlling me

The choice to be made surrounds me

© Michelle B., Blairsville, GA

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