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The Mask.

July 20, 2012
By Miss_Brightside GOLD, Defiance, Ohio
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Miss_Brightside GOLD, Defiance, Ohio
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It&#039;s like she sees the diamond underneath And she&#039;s polishin&#039; you &#039;til you shine. -Brad Paisley. (this goes to my step mom she keeps me going)<br /> If you want a rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.-Albert Einstein

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You don't see the girl I really am.

All you see is my mask.

You have never read the words I write.

You only like the girl the mask is.

That girl is me.

Why won't you take off my mask for me.

I am the one who likes you.

Not the girl who is the mask.

© Narongsukchai T., Sachse, TX

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justme242 GOLD said...
on Aug. 1 2012 at 12:06 pm
justme242 GOLD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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help will be given to those who ask for it.

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really deep but still good 

 

TraceBatWingsAndBrokenStrings DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2012 at 9:37 am
TraceBatWingsAndBrokenStrings DIAMOND, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
52 articles 0 photos 72 comments

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&quot;This gun has stopped time in its tracks, has altered the course of our fate. Destiny is shattered and timeless. Closed eyes feel the cold winds embrace.&quot;<br /> -Avenged Sevenfold

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I won't lie, the mask metaphor is a little cliched. Other than that, I do like this one.
_betweenthelines_ BRONZE said...
on Jul. 25 2012 at 9:11 pm
_betweenthelines_ BRONZE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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&quot;All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.&quot;- Edgar Allan Poe

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I love it!! Its so true and relatable...

 

_toni4asec_ GOLD said...
on Jul. 25 2012 at 9:52 am
_toni4asec_ GOLD, London, Other
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That time when you feel like giving up... that&#039;s when you actually have to push yourself harder (:

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great piece... short & simple... showz it was written truly from the heart & really showz exactly ur emotionz... gd job !!
Ms.PeytonLovesHP GOLD said...
on Jul. 23 2012 at 6:38 pm
Ms.PeytonLovesHP GOLD, Rancho Cordova, California
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&ldquo;We are all a little weird and life is a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.&rdquo; - Doctor Seuss

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Wow. Just- just amazing. I really like it. And so true, you know? Lovely. I mean, some people just don't care enough to remove our masks. And you really have someone specail when they go deep enough to try. if they don't- they don't care enough.

5 stars!

Pleas echeck out my writing! that would be awesome!

PurpOreos SILVER said...
on Jul. 23 2012 at 5:58 pm
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I like this short and sweet. And I love that picture fits right in with your poem. Keep writting!!