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xShUgArHiGhx

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tRyIn tO fIt iN2 mY oWn ShoEs

0 posted 2001-10-01 02:10 PM

Lights are shining,
Whispers left on vulnerable ears.
Girls frightened all around her,
Who have been doing this for years.
Her teeth are pearly white,
Her hair is beautiful locks of brown.
Her eyes sparkle,
At the millions around.
"look over here!",
"smile!".
Every picture she is told,
Is worth all the while.
"Miss teen USA",
She repeats slowly in her head.
Competing for the crown is suppose to be wonderful,
She'd rather be home sleeping instead.
Never was much for the glamour,
The glitzes of Fame.
She's just my best friend,
With an ordinary name.
Now she's propped up on a pedistal,
Fake smile plastered on her face.
Knowing that with one little mess up,
Anyone could take her place.
She doesnt want to let her daddy down,
Her mother looks so proud.
She looks at me in the audience,
She knows i'll always be around.
I help her with her make-up,
Ran frantically back stage.
Told her she was doing great,
She was in a daze.
She doesnt like who she is,
Doesnt know why she's here.
Wants to leave but is afraid,
That her parents will shed tears.
She's living millions of people's dreams,
Soaking it all in as much as she can,
She feels so alone,
Like she doesnt have one single friend.
Its all fake it seems,
The smiles, sparkles and pearls.
She's gorgeous yes, but people forget,
she's just an ordinary girl.

Android 17

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since 2001-07-21

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1 posted 2001-10-01 03:18 PM

This is a great read! I agre no matter how superficial we look...we're all just normal people! It's good---What's your inspiration?

Then it comes to be that soothing light at the end of your tunnel...

xShUgArHiGhx

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2 posted 2001-10-02 08:04 AM

Thank u! My inspiration was the poem exactly....its all true actually..my best friend is really in the miss Teen USA competition and this is really wats goin on right now...Im glad you liked it!

anonymousfemale
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Limbo

3 posted 2001-10-03 11:23 AM

This is really sad to think that someone is doing this to please their parents. I feel for your friend. She needs to find the courage to stand up to them and say no if she doesn't want to do it.

I liked the read. Thanks for sharing it.

~AF~

"Reality is only a feeble rendering of the energy brought forth by the imagination"

DragonFang
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since 2000-03-09

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Missouri, USA

4 posted 2001-10-03 12:02 PM

Very nice poem, I enjoyed it. I'm sorry that your friend has to go through such torments though just to please her parents, but then, I'm sure a lot of us probably have gone through the same sort of thing to one extent or another. I hope everything works out in the end.

"Sa souvraya niende missian ye." \
I am lost in my own mind.

aaron woodside
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5 posted 2001-10-03 02:17 PM

This is really good. I guess everyone always seems to forget that Celebs, sports stars, and even Miss Teen USA are really people before they are whatever it is that makes them famous. I really enjoyed reading this. Great write.

Ex Animo,
Aaron

xShUgArHiGhx

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6 posted 2001-10-04 09:00 AM

Thanks everyone for your replies...she's trying to make the best of it but its a hard adjustment ya kno? I can only imagine what she's going through...::sigh::..n e wayz thanks again

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7 posted 2001-10-04 07:08 PM

Shugar --- This poem tackles a problem that has been around for ages. Can't your friend sit down with her parents and tell them how she feels about all this? Communication is always a good thing you know. I hope things do work out for her.

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xShUgArHiGhx

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8 posted 2001-10-09 07:47 AM

She's been trying to tell them her whole life..her dad's been making her model since she was born! It's outta control...she's dealing with it tho..thanks for the reply!

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9 posted 2001-10-12 03:02 AM

this came to me as a realistic piece, sad indeed...i was hit by the last line...the way you told it throughout was well done.

=)

xShUgArHiGhx

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10 posted 2001-10-12 10:17 AM

Thanks hun

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11 posted 2001-10-12 08:52 PM

thats such an interesting story!! and well told too....thats unique how u have a friend in miss teen USA. i use to do that beauty pagent stuff when i was little....but then i realized i didnt want to nemore bc id rather be doin other things. but thats quite an acomplishment for your friend, hope she follows her heart and does something she really wants to....if u know what i mean.....

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