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Love Like Smoke

December 29, 2009
By h3arts4ever BRONZE, Beaverton, Oregon
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h3arts4ever BRONZE, Beaverton, Oregon
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Favorite Quote:
"Forget falling in love... I'd rather fall into chocolate!"

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It starts as a raging wildfire
wiping out everything in it's way
getting bigger and bigger
and hotter and hotter
-just like your touch
and your smile when you held me close-
but what's wild is unhealthy
and every fire gets put out
slowely at first
-like when you called every day,
then once a week,
then twice a month,
then four times over the whole summer-
and love becomes smoke
but smoke is still visable
and still has a shadow of warmth from the fire
until then the wind blows
-when i decided that was enough-
and what was love vanishes into thin air

© Hannah S., Avondale, AZ

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Shahed GOLD said...
on Feb. 27 2010 at 8:50 am
Shahed GOLD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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&quot;People are like tea bags, they don&#039;t realize their own strength until they&#039;re dropped in hot water &quot;<br /> &ldquo;People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.<br /> If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.&quot;

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acually.. its very good!Im proud of your first try ;)
h3arts4ever BRONZE said...
on Feb. 27 2010 at 12:58 am
h3arts4ever BRONZE, Beaverton, Oregon
2 articles 1 photo 5 comments

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&quot;Forget falling in love... I&#039;d rather fall into chocolate!&quot;

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thanks a bunch! it's the 1st poem that i ever wrote, so it's not very good, ut thanks! :D
Shahed GOLD said...
on Feb. 26 2010 at 4:53 pm
Shahed GOLD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;People are like tea bags, they don&#039;t realize their own strength until they&#039;re dropped in hot water &quot;<br /> &ldquo;People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.<br /> If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.&quot;

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I love this!!!!

I got chills while reading this.. .. so great!