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These Simple Rights

December 7, 2012
By jacqiebeth GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
jacqiebeth GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
14 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." -Dr. Suess


Why do I return?
Because it's routine.
It's order.
I need order.

If I strayed, I would be found.
If I ran, too far to be followed,
I'd be free.
A free person, but one that had been changed.
I am different.
I am scarred.
I am broken.

Is there a way that,
Among the shattered shrewds of what remains,
I could be improved?
Maybe,
Even fixed?
Glue together the pieces I have,
Fill in the spaces left empty.

I'll make a new routine,
Adjust like I had before.
An adaptment to life.
To love with no hate.
To stay, with no regrets.

These simple things,
These obvious rights,
I need then back.



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on Dec. 13 2012 at 4:25 pm
jacqiebeth GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
14 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You." -Dr. Suess

Thank you so much!! I have about 11 poems already on Teen Ink.

on Dec. 13 2012 at 12:34 pm
CariePierce BRONZE, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Imagination rules the world." -Napoleon Bonaparte

I love it very much, it reminds me in a way of my own style. I like all of the adjectives, and you're in no danger of it being cliche. Keep up the good work! I'll be looking at your other pieces in the future.