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April 11, 2018
By zoeyfisher99_ GOLD, Hollywood, Florida
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"Be the change you want to see in the world"- Mahatma Ghandi

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I ask myself every day
That if I became deaf
Or blind
Would I still want
To wake up
To the silence of my alarm clock
And the dark glare of the morning sun
And get annoyed when the traffic light
Remained red for seconds
Minutes
hours
And to cringe at the empty sound
Of businessmen honking their way
To the office
Would I want to admire
The greens of trees
That I was told existed
But had no proof

What if the trees didn’t exist
And the sun didn’t rise
And what if honking
Sounded like an angel
Playing a gold encrusted harp
What if a shout was more
Alluring
Than the exquisite hum of
Ten thousand
Monarch butterflies
And red was really yellow
Was really pink
Was really blue
Was really really dark

© Garrett M., Port Angeles, WA

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MIK1 said...
on Jan. 27 2019 at 4:05 pm
MIK1, Newtown, Pennsylvania
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“Hesitation is the death of advantage.” Lila Bard- A Darker Shade Of Magic by V.E. Schwab<br /> <br /> "I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still." Lila Bard- A Darker Shade Of Magic by V.E. Schwab

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All of your work belongs in the magazine if we r being honest here. I don’t know if they can do that but they should
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 25 2018 at 9:38 pm
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
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Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller

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Nice poem @zoeyfisher99! Great job!