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Farewell to my Youth

October 18, 2011
By DotKing GOLD, Climax, Michigan
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DotKing GOLD, Climax, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I have been driven to my knees many times simply by the stark realization that i had no where else to go&quot; Abe Linclon<br /> &quot;The fear of God is the Death of every other fear&quot; C.H. Spurgeon

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Cold concrete under my bare feet
Damp with the nighttime rain
The chill of autumn is in the air
For this
My farewell to the summer of my youth

© Colleen F., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
I basically wrote with this poem on the spot, in the context of the poem: a cold, rainy September night, while on an evening walk to clear my mind. I'd just started college, so that was the main thing on my mind. That night was really a hard one for me and it was when i was having a really hard time giving up my old life of High School.
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