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Drown

December 23, 2009
By Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;


You left me here,
in the boat of your dreams,
on the sea of fading memories.
Here I am, alone at last,
and all I taste is dust.

The ancient dust of day-old hopes.
These hopes were not my own,
but they were your's
that you couldn't fulfill.
So I did, and now I'm done.

Done with life;
finished with caring.
I've given up my wishes.
I tryed so hard
to be what you wanted.
I succeeded; I followed your mission.

But here I am.
And I've lost myself.
No more life to lead my own.
Your boat does leak,
and I'm sinking now
into memories and dust.



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Amelie13 GOLD said...
on Jan. 27 2010 at 11:02 pm
Amelie13 GOLD, Burlington, Iowa
11 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet ah! why should they know their fate?&nbsp;<br /> Since sorrow never comes too late,&nbsp;<br /> And happiness too swiftly flies.&nbsp;<br /> Thought would destroy their paradise.&nbsp;<br /> No more; where ignorance is bliss,&nbsp;<br /> &#039;Tis folly to be wise.&quot; - Thomas Gray, exerpt from &#039;An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard&#039;

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