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Memories

February 15, 2010
By Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.


Memories

Too bad the sun sets too fast,
In the winter leaving no time for walks,
Or snowball fights after school,
Too bad the spring flowers erupt from the ground before anyone notices,
And misses the miracle of survival of a tiny plant lasting all winter,
Too bad summer, like a shooting star, flies by too quick,
Leaving me wanting more of the firefly-catching,
Campfire-sitting nights in the humid air,
Too bad the leaves change brown so suddenly,
Making me wish I had payed attention to them transform,
From green to crimson red, fire orange, or banana yellow,
Too bad the snow melts so immediately,
That sledding only happens once or twice each year,
When the tiny flakes finally cover the grass with a foot thick blanket,
Too bad childhood is gone before you know it,
Leaving me with a feeling of emptiness and loss,
Of those days in the park,
Or biking down the road,
Or picking dandelions for Grandma,
Too bad, just like the seasons, memories only last so long,
And that I can’t remember Grandpa’s face anymore,
Or Mama’s smile,
Or Daddy’s voice,
Too bad imagination has an expiration date,
Too bad.



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Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 28 2010 at 10:47 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thanx for the comment..i appreciate it :)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 28 2010 at 10:46 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

I appreciate the comment :)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on May. 21 2010 at 8:02 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

wow thank you so much for all the comments :) i was looking at your profile and saw that this was in your favorites--thank you for all the feedback :)

on May. 18 2010 at 6:35 pm
faypirate23 DIAMOND, Fayetteville, West Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the road less traveled by.

this is absolutley amazing u said the words ive been dying to get out life does pass quickly and so does childhood and memories ur a great writer keep writing

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 9 2010 at 4:26 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you so much! i really appreciate you commenting on my work.  glad you liked it:)

on Apr. 8 2010 at 4:33 pm
laughter222 GOLD, East Northport, New York
10 articles 5 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
the best things in life are always unseen
that's why we close our eyes when we
kiss, cry, and dream.

I love this!  So many people can relate to it and it's written beautifully!

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 4:18 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

wow, thank you so much that means a lot to me

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 4:17 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you miss lola!!

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 4:17 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you so much for commenting!

on Apr. 8 2010 at 1:03 pm
jesusfreak17 SILVER, Winslow, Maine
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Tears are words from the heart that can't be spoken."- Unknown
"Anyone can make you smile or cry, but it takes someone special to make you smile when you already have tears in your eyes."- Unknown

Wow. this is great. I can so relate to it.

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Apr. 2 2010 at 8:30 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you for the comments guys :)

on Apr. 2 2010 at 12:47 pm
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
22 articles 0 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don't get altitude sickness"

"Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don't know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends."

wow this is really good-i can definatly relate-

abbey92 GOLD said...
on Apr. 2 2010 at 9:34 am
abbey92 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
10 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
she smiles like she's so tough
she's just someones daughter waiting for some one to love her

never leave the one you love for the one you like because the one you like will leave you for the one they love

this is really good. i really like it.

brianj BRONZE said...
on Mar. 26 2010 at 10:24 am
brianj BRONZE, Jeannette, Pennsylvania
3 articles 10 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"the real trouble with reality is that there's no background music"
"i don't suffer from insanity. i enjoy every minute of it."
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” -Marianne Williamson. Trying so hard to believe this but SO not succeeding…..

people could go a hundred years before realizing what you just said in about 2 minutes. when it's winter everyone wants summer and when summer comes they want it to be cool again and before they know it time is gone. made me think. great job :)

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Mar. 25 2010 at 5:09 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

thank you, sill sitter.

on Mar. 25 2010 at 5:07 pm
Sill_Sitter11 BRONZE, Milan, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

Wow... deep

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Mar. 10 2010 at 3:09 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

Me too! Can't wait for all this snow to melt...

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Mar. 10 2010 at 3:08 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
10 articles 4 photos 489 comments

Favorite Quote:
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them and you have their shoes.
--When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people's eyes.

Thanks for commenting!

on Mar. 9 2010 at 11:23 am
SickImage SILVER, Klamath Falls, Oregon
9 articles 1 photo 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it onto a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange."

Nice Job Lady.

It's Plain Lovely :]

on Mar. 5 2010 at 7:50 pm
meganiscooler GOLD, New Kingston, New York
17 articles 3 photos 13 comments
Wow, that makes me think. This is amazing, great job! And now I miss summer.. I think that was my favorite part :)