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I Am Free

January 23, 2011
By TheArchitect ELITE, Madison, Wisconsin
TheArchitect ELITE, Madison, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
-Anything said by Mr. T<br /> - Ill be in my bunk<br /> - Im so clever that half the time I don&#039;t even understand what I&#039;m saying


I like this clean page
it is warm and blank and fresh and strong
and I will smear it with thoughts that have no purpose here
and no tears will smudge the edges
because I am no longer that canary in the cage
not the bugs blindly banging into the porch light
I am not the dust that gathers on top of the fan
I am not worthless,
scared
or purpose-less
I have a being
and you can no longer tap on the glass
to try and enrage the sleeping beast within
I will give you no more satisfaction
you have no more power over me
I am free
the glass is broken
the key turned in the lock
the dust wiped off the fan
and you are the one left with bars and locks
so now I fly away
on yellow sunny canary wings
and I will give you no more thoughts today
or any day
wipe this page clean and white again



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on Feb. 7 2011 at 8:38 pm
SpringRayyn PLATINUM, Lakeville, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t punish yourself,&quot; she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness too. That was writing.&quot;<br /> --Markus Zusak, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

I like the way you connected the beginning and the end. I didn't exactly get why you said "scared" when you said "I am not worthless scared or purpose-less." But I love all the different analogies that you said in there.