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The Day I Met Age MAG

January 25, 2011
By Zyferia GOLD, Clarkston, Michigan
Zyferia GOLD, Clarkston, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"If you don't stand for something, You'll fall for anything."


It happened when I was no longer shorter
Than the counter-top
That counter that loomed over my head.
My nose came just to the very edge of the tan colored marble.
With raised hands I could be tall,
Like my older sister.
It happened when I no longer fit into my childhood clothes.
Winnie the Pooh pajamas,
Purple dinosaur slippers,
And pink fluffy sweaters, cuffs came up just a bit short.
Pants not quite reaching
Their final destination.
Boyish ankles showed off to the world.
It happened on my first day of middle school.
New people, new faces.
New adventures as mothers and fathers
put it.
The walls were green, like apples.
The teacher wore a flower print summer dress.
Her brunette hair lay long and flat.
It happened when he turned around.
He asked for a pencil.
Pens were much too sophisticated.
And markers outgrown,
He needed a friend.
My fingers traced the edge of the thin piece of paper,
He would need that too.
It happened when he smiled, and whispered, “Thanks.”
It happened when I smiled and whispered, “Anytime.


The author's comments:
Its about moving through life.

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on Nov. 17 2012 at 2:41 pm
crayola_green BRONZE, Somewhere Near A Corn Field, Other
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Favorite Quote:
Do not conform to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is... his good, pleasing, and perfect will.
-Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Cute! I agree with the comment below me. :)

on Sep. 12 2011 at 11:18 am
dia.dreamer GOLD, Kochi, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." - Michelangelo
"I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am." - Sylvia Plath

I loved this. at first I thought the teacher was a guy, lol, but I absolutely loved this. sweet, touching and perfect ending. when your teens start, the innocence ends, that's when you meet Age. keep writing! :)