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100 Years

August 13, 2011
By OfMiceAndAngel PLATINUM, Westminster, Colorado
OfMiceAndAngel PLATINUM, Westminster, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
You have so many options in life. Never make giving up one of them. ♥


You were given a limit of one hundred years
To conquer your heart, lies and fears.
But don't get this wrong,
Some people aren't given that long.
Their time isn't measured by personality,
If it was, we'd all be granted immortality.
We all know by now that nothing lasts forever,
Your precious time can be taken whenever.
So take the days you're blessed with
And write it your way, a beautiful myth.
It's the story of your life and the events in it,
How you live it and all you will benefit.
Even as the author, you have no clue when the tale you composed
Will end and the book will close.
Nobody considers the day it will all end.
It could be tomorrow, it could be ten years, no one can depend.
One of the saddest facts
Is that no one can avoid these attacks.
They'll all come for us someday.
Just be sure you've done all you wanted before the decay.


The author's comments:
I wrote this after one of my mom's friends brother passed away. I didn't actually know him, but it really got to me.

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on Dec. 5 2013 at 8:49 pm
Evey4321 SILVER, Fiskdale, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it&#039;s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.&rdquo; <br /> ― Marilyn Monroe

Well done! The rhythm is great

on Aug. 20 2011 at 1:27 am
OfMiceAndAngel PLATINUM, Westminster, Colorado
25 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have so many options in life. Never make giving up one of them. &hearts;

Thank you so much! This really means alot, especially since this poem means so much to me.

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on Aug. 16 2011 at 12:37 am
XCLover GOLD, Sandpoint, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I know I run like a girl, try and keep up!&quot; ~Anon<br /> &quot;You only ever grow as a human being if you are outside your comfort zone.&quot; ~Percy Cerutti<br /> &quot;The hug is incomplete without you :3&quot; NinjaMan

This is so beautiful! I love the way it flows, especially with the lines being different amounts of syllables yet still flowing so smoothly and the rhyme scheme makes it even better!