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This is it.

December 5, 2014
By ..E.. GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
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..E.. GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
"everything you do is insignificant, but it is important that you do them"

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Are those my eyes? Locked and broken, fearsome and fearless, dancing and running. 

 

My skin? Brown and charcoals, brazenness and freckled, mine get not mine at all...

 

My hands? Holding and flailing, lively and crippled, frozen and uncertain. 

 

Is this it? 

You and me... Yours and mine... Hand in hand... Skin scratched by glass.... Eyes locked shut

 

Are those the times? Is that us- holding hands against the blue sea, being charlatan dancing figures in a net. 

 

Is this the end? The kerplunk of a skipped stone. 

 

No more flailing...No meet certainty and uncertainty... No more wondering will someone catch us before we dive into red midst. 

 

This our legend- Our mark on the world- A glimpse of hope unity transparent love...

 

   This is it. 

© Rebecca Y., Los Angeles, CA

The author's comments:

I was reading "Leap" and "Dawn and Mary" by Brian Doyle and those inspired me. 

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..E.. GOLD said...
on Dec. 7 2014 at 2:37 pm
..E.. GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
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&quot;everything you do is insignificant, but it is important that you do them&quot;

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Thank you. I'm glad you liked it
kimberlyguzmanx SILVER said...
on Dec. 7 2014 at 1:01 pm
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The next chapter in your life, will always be more interesting than the last..

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Nice. I liked it.