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Perplexed Path

June 30, 2012
By brandy13m SILVER, Orangeburg, South Carolina
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brandy13m SILVER, Orangeburg, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"The Course of love never did run smooth" -Emily Dickinson

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While contemplating love and contemplating life,
All recollect a strain- a strife.
What is this feeling that makes us believe,
We need someone to live, to be?
In living by this, we settle for less;
We lower our standards; our needs we repress.
We wonder our meaning, we wonder our needs;
All the hurt that stings us, all the lies that breed.
What a melancholy life we must live,
When all vicinity misgives.
Values have lessened, morals erased;
Our heroes and role models all out of place.
Bring back the innocence, a true insight;
Lasting love, a place in life.

© Stacy B., Pembroke, MA

The author's comments:
I submitted this poem in a contest online and am a semi-finalist and am in the running to be a finalist! It is going to be published in August; please enjoy!
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