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Child of the Stars
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0 posted 2000-10-25 08:49 AM


           The Girl

She knows what it's like to cry herself to sleep night after night after night
She knows what it's like to sit all alone at lunchtime and only be accompanied by a small paper bag and a ham and cheese sandwich
She knows what it's like to feel inferior among her peers and invisible to the surrounding world
to be laughed at, not laughed with
and be completely misunderstood by everyone
She knows what it's like to have no one to share her deepest thoughts and emotions with
She knows what it's like to have her feelings tossed about like a worthless pile of rags
  and turn around to hear her very self-image being destroyed
She knows what it's like to roam the world aimlessly searching for something unknown to even herself
She knows what it's like to want to end it all...

Yet she knows of a different world.

She now knows what it's like to laugh herself to sleep
She now knows what it's like to sit down and have a crowd gather around her
She knows what it's like to be seen and heard by all
to laugh, really and truly laugh
and have her values and views actually understood by her peers
She knows what it's like to be able to share her thoughts and emotions with someone she trusts
She knows what it's like to have her feelings valued by others
and to be spoken to, not spoken of
She knows what it's like to find what she was searching for
She knows what it's like to never want this to end

She will never forget what it was like...



The grindstone of life will either polish us or wear us down, depending on what we're made of.


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1 posted 2000-10-25 02:19 PM


The repetition of this poem made the message come through clearly.....good poem!!



"I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust."

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Lakewalker
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2 posted 2000-10-25 04:09 PM


I agree with Dopey and I just hope she remembers where she came from so she can be friends with the same type of people.  Nice poem

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Me!!

Morouxshi San
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3 posted 2000-10-25 08:47 PM


again a very good poem.
i know what she knows.
lets just leave it at that.


San, the wise
San, the dumb
San, the guy...

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