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The Staircase

October 17, 2014
By MonicaSkittles BRONZE, My Town, Indiana
MonicaSkittles BRONZE, My Town, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Although when there were too many people around-which there certainly were today-it was hard even to remember to say thank you: all those people were like drowning.&quot;-<br /> Robin Mckinley; Pegasus


I'm standing on an invisible staircase,

A wiggly-wobbly staircase.

I try to stand still,

But to stay on my feet I must move.

Sometimes I climb up the staircase;

Sometimes I fall down the staircase;

Sometimes I'm pushed down the staircase.

I meet friends and family and foe here;

I play, work, and learn here.

Sometimes I think that it's blue;

As blue as ocean, sky and tears.

Sometimes I think it's red;

Angry and passionate; uncontrollably fierce.

Sometimes I think that it's yellow;

Like the sun, bubbling over with happiness.

Sometimes I think it's white, and calm,

And sometimes black as death.

I feel on this staircase;

I feel everything.

I feel for me; I feel for you.

I feel confused about what I should do.

I cry here; I lie here;

I pray and testify here.

I eat here; I sleep here;

My friends and I meet and greet here.

Do you feel like you're on a staircase?

I'm on an imaginary staircase.


The author's comments:

This is inspired by life: by people, by emotions, by the day to day things we do just to live. It's also inspired by the popular idea of the "social ladder," as cruel as that idea can be at times. It's a poem about feeling lost and stuck in between; about not knowing where to go or how to get there, but ending up where you're headed anyway. Please enjoy.


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