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Like A Flower

February 10, 2010
By NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
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NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
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&quot;There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don&#039;t get altitude sickness&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don&#039;t know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends.&quot;

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Cut and trimmed to just the right length for the enjoyment of others
Specially grown to be pleasing towards the eye
For that’s all one cares.
Delicately placed in a vase, watered daily
Thus cared for and loved to the acceptable extent.
A woman in the kitchen beautiful inside and out
Yet only one is noticed and valued and it is the same as the flower.
She speaks softly to it feeling an affinity for it and what it suffers
The flower which could have grown naturally,
the simple excuse is that it is all to delicate for nature,
Yet if given a chance it would have weathered storms and cold nights and grown to be more beautiful than ever
Soon dotting a meadow making it a beautiful display of natures beauty and power
Yet it was trimmed and stunted all for the sake of man’s enjoyment
How oddly familiar.

© Joe D., Ashland, WI

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NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 2 2010 at 11:58 am
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don&#039;t get altitude sickness&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don&#039;t know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends.&quot;

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Thnks!!!
Sarbear GOLD said...
on Mar. 31 2010 at 8:23 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
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--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you&#039;re a mile away from them and you have their shoes.<br /> --When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people&#039;s eyes.

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love this. especially how oddly familiar that really is. i love your comparison - there is a huge message in that
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 25 2010 at 5:46 pm
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don&#039;t get altitude sickness&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don&#039;t know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends.&quot;

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thanks...yeah editing-not my strong point-please try to ignore any grammatical andspelling errors-

thnks glad you like it!
Destinee BRONZE said...
on Mar. 25 2010 at 5:14 pm
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Blegh. - Abraham Lincoln

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It's brilliant. I think it could do with a bit of editing, but I love the whole idea. Especially the end.