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persistence

March 14, 2013
By paleteenager PLATINUM, Fountain Hills, Arizona
paleteenager PLATINUM, Fountain Hills, Arizona
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you speak to me
in tongues that we
taught ourselves-
young and naive
we let ourselves
become exposed,
but never overgrown

and through all this,
we love with a love
that's been denied

and so we beat on,
mercilessly,
against the returning tide



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Mckay ELITE said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 2:00 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

This is an elegant peice of poetry. You're so simple but within these simple lines you create eloquent lyrics.