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sherm
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0 posted 2001-03-18 01:21 PM


Im tired of making everyone happy
while i feel miserable inside
just smiling and nodding my head
with my feelings by the wasteside

im done with that
no more me the walking mat
but when i stand up
everyones ashamed of me
for being what i want to be

so ill stand up alone
while they hide their face
im leaving the shadows
in search of a better place

Its better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you are not

© Copyright 2001 Geoff A. Anderson - All Rights Reserved
Allan Riverwood
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1 posted 2001-03-18 01:23 PM


Whoa... this message was truly outstanding. The poem was not bad, but I feel that the message was the key to its power.
Great job. Haven't seen you in here before... stay awhile.
And visit Teen Explorer. Apparently, they have cake and S&V chips.
~Allan

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort


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2 posted 2001-03-18 01:49 PM


omg i love this. that is just how i feel! and i love your signature... it's so true.
great job... love to see more!!

*Valerie*

*Life can take your dreams and turn them upside down, Friends will talk about you when you're not around, but don't ever lose that light in your eyes*

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3 posted 2001-03-18 02:48 PM


Haha there goes allan......yes Teen explorer does have Chips and cake...you just gotta find them!

Anyhow, I think this poem had some sad thoughts. You feel as if yer being rejected by the general public there so you are going to leave and find somewhere better. I mean that's a good idea, but only if you've tried everything else. It's like.....yer just going to take what they give you and leave because they want you to. Sometimes there comes a time where you have to stand up for yourself. Nothing physical, just a mental stand where you feel like you have to stay strong and the like.
Good poem!

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

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

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4 posted 2001-03-18 02:59 PM


Hey,

Get it, this poem was great. I agree with Allen this message was powerful. Although I don't know about this cookies and cake thing hope to see more great work from you but until then

-- Linc

"Once you reach your original goal it seems that the journey was your real accomplishment."

Allan Riverwood
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5 posted 2001-03-18 03:39 PM


Who said anything about cookies?
Are there cookies?

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort


fozzyozzy
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6 posted 2001-03-18 04:04 PM


I believe you have a very popular message here. Seriously I couldn't identify more with your poem. Not to mention that it is also an AWESOME poem. Write more please

By the way, forget cake and cookies, pie rocks!

"The woods are lovely, dark, and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep"
-Robert Frost

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7 posted 2001-03-19 11:25 AM


I found the cake before, I found the cake before!!!

Sherm, I can definitely relate to every single word of this poem. Making other people happy while you are feeling horrid is the worst way to be living. I hope you find that better place.

~AF~

"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory."
-W. Edwards Deming

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8 posted 2001-03-20 01:36 PM


This one hit home. I know everything you're talking about, and know how you feel. I'm sorry you feel that way, I know it's not fun. Great poem.

--Marie

I never thought that you would ever be the one to let me down. I guess that just goes to show how wrong I always am.

Elvenblood
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9 posted 2001-03-20 02:51 PM


Wow, good story of resilience. I usually use the shadows and light reversed from what you use them for, because people will hold you apart, so maybe the light is a good comparison! lol but anyway, kee posting

"Some men see things as they are and say why.
I dream things that never were and say why not." ~RFK

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10 posted 2001-03-21 10:03 PM


I am so proud of you! I had to go through this too but unfortunately i'm having a lot of difficulty standing on my two feet and am still trying to stabilize. I hope everything works out great for you. Inspiring poem!
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11 posted 2001-03-29 06:22 PM


Now, that was really good
you've shown such strength in you
such strength of character
i'm very impessed
keep sharing

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

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12 posted 2001-03-30 02:51 PM


   Been there...done that..........Smile.
  ~Carly

Many miles behind my eyelashes, there always seems to be
the strangest things, the slightly sane, that only I can see...

cherish
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swimming in fairy floss...........
13 posted 2001-03-31 01:58 AM


hey sherm..
this is one poem which knows exactly how i feel like sumtimes...it gets to the point where you feel as though you're only good for one thing..other ppl.
make time for yourself- to be yourself and let your true self shine buddy.. ..in dopeys words:
the world will just have to adjust

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14 posted 2001-05-02 01:27 AM


*bump*page one..

this was a heartfelt poem..
i enjoyed and related too much...
and is how i feel a lot of times...

...?

if i die before i wake , i pray the lord my soul will take-"when thugs cry"

vixengrl04
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15 posted 2001-05-02 10:22 AM


Hey.  I like this one alot, but its kinda sad.  Don't let ppl walk all over you, its a terrible thing to do and in the end you always end up hurt.  I hope things turn out well for you.  Good luck, and good job.  

~*Nikki*~

~*Of all the millions of people in the world, I'm just me.*~

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