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When I was a girl…

September 2, 2012
By MadisonGrace SILVER, Nowhere, Oregon
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MadisonGrace SILVER, Nowhere, Oregon
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything is okay in the end,<br /> if its not okay it&#039;s not the end.&quot;<br /> &quot;Be who you are and say how you feel because if someone matters they dont mind and if someone minds they dont matter&quot;<br /> &quot;If God brings you to it he will bring you through it!&quot;

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I used to dream
Wanting to be Snow White or Cinderella
To grow up and be just like my big sister
To graduate and get a dream job
And of course I would fall in love and meet the perfect guy.

I used to play
Pretending to be everything I wasn't
Hoping to become anything I pretended to be
To be the smartest and prettiest
To be better than the rest

I used to hope
Willing what I needed to happen to become reality
But my dreams have yet to come true
I never became what I pretended
But I discovered that no matter what I dream or pretend to be
It never became reality

I can still hope and dream but I don't need to pretend, I can achieve any possibility. I can be anything or anyone I want to be as long as I continue to be me.

© Michael H., Mildford, CT

The author's comments:
I was just watching a fairy tale and realized that when I stopped dreaming and just did my best things started to fall into place in ways I wouldn't have expected or dreamed.
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AlaskaGirl GOLD said...
on Nov. 19 2012 at 1:42 am
AlaskaGirl GOLD, Klawock, Alaska
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&quot;Screw the shining armor. I will take my man in dirty camo any day&quot;

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I don't know about any of you other girls but I can relate perfectly with the wanting to be a princess part growing up that was one of my dreams... This is a really good poem I love it. Keep up the amazing writing!