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True Desire

November 30, 2011
By Ice_Queen PLATINUM, Peoria, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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What do I want?
I know how to get it
So simple
Manipulation
Easy inception
into minds
weak unlike
mine

Now what
do I really want?
The desire
Empty hole
in my chest
I don’t know
how to convey
that truth

I don’t know
What I want
The desire
In my teenage
body
what the truth
to me
any more
What do I want?

In my heart
A true
Longful
Meaningful
Last long
happiness
what is it
that I want?
How do I get it?

I know how
to steal and
manipulate
Inception
Not the real truth
Now I ask
what is it
in truth
that I want for me?

© Michelle B., Blairsville, GA

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