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Sticks and Stones

March 6, 2013
By Eden_Frost BRONZE, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Eden_Frost BRONZE, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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&quot;I think art is the only thing that&#039;s spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people&#039;s interpretations of God. I don&#039;t think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.&quot; ~Marilyn Manson<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean,but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their neck on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain&quot; ~Sandra Cisneros

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sticks and stones,

may break my bones

but words and thoughts

will scar me forever.

they will scar my brain.

my soul

my mind

even my skin.

words are forceful,

they make me drag a razor

across my skin

they make me burn

and etch themselves

into my brain.

they rip and tear my heart

and force me back down

in that dark hole

words hurt everyone.

why cant you understand that?

© Lindsay S., Billings, MT

The author's comments:
I Wrote this when i was going through a harsh time, i had lost three friends during the course of one month and it was taking its toll on me.
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jfsdifdisofnsdklvn BRONZE said...
on Mar. 19 2013 at 7:13 pm
jfsdifdisofnsdklvn BRONZE, Hanahan, South Carolina
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Beautiful beautiful beautiful. I have chills-- no other way to describe it. You have talent!
Mollybug16 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 19 2013 at 6:31 pm
Mollybug16 BRONZE, Cleveland, Tennessee
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Impossible is not a word, it&#039;s just a reason for someone not to try.

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wow this is great I really felt the emotion of it. 5 stars
Eden_Frost BRONZE said...
on Mar. 19 2013 at 6:15 pm
Eden_Frost BRONZE, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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&quot;I think art is the only thing that&#039;s spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people&#039;s interpretations of God. I don&#039;t think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.&quot; ~Marilyn Manson<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother says when I get older my dusty hair will settle and my blouse will learn to stay clean,but I have decided not to grow up tame like the others who lay their neck on the threshold waiting for the ball and chain&quot; ~Sandra Cisneros

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Thank you :) Thats, Pretty much what i was going for :)
thegreatmorry BRONZE said...
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i read this and I got chills
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You put so much feeling into this poem, and yet the flow was pretty good, it didn't sound too choppy. Good work!