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Brave
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Published: 2008-01-20 18:05:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 26982; Favourites: 772; Downloads: 187
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If you can’t find a l to the skya b
d m
d i
e l
r to c the easier excuse is:
“I’m scared of heights.”
***
But I ravaged my drawers
And there was a shower
Of crystal marbles,
Coin-filled
Ballet-shoe-shaped
Saving boxes,
Black straps
Of
Long thrown away
Bras and rusty
Hair pins.
I took out my old diary,
Which still hurts after
all
the
Laughter
Over my nonsense
And I swore I’ll have more trust
In my mental pages, which
I only covered with scratches
And
Wet spots
From
My
Breath.
I gloated over its front cover
As I let it
b
u
n
j
e
e
-
j
u
m
p
from my window.
And my tulle c
u
r
t
a
i
n
s bloomed,
wet
with
dew
not with
tears.
***
“I was the girl who danced at the bus stop”,
I confessed to myself and to my
Drunk
Stalker
Looking
d
o
w
n at him
Unafraid
To put on
My high-heels.
***
Walls I covered with self-portraits
flawed
like I am
but true
and
brave
crying,
smiling,
raging,
dreaming,
but all defiant.
I have accepted
I’m not the blond curly girl
And I sympathize with odd-ones-out.
***
No,
buses don’t scare me anymore
Because
His eyes
Are
Blue
But
Mine
Ignite the sky
And I have fallen in love with the sun
Through speckled windows.
***
If I need to laugh
I have a cabinet of jokes.
If I need to love
I have a desk with pencils.
If I need to die
I have a balcony of heights.
I have made a wrong decision
And I’m
proud
of it
Because I won’t be scared of using the word
“I”
anymore
I
just
simply
only
Need someone to remind me
That
I’m alive.
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Comments: 231
Ah.. how true. Feeling brave.. only makes me cold. Brave and so unafraid. It's an emotional death.
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Holy shit, this is amazing! This hit a part of me I thought long dead!
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Oh wow! very nice! Im starting 2 think Im losing my poetic side... *sniff sniff* still, lovely poem! 
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This is so beautiful!! I love the somewhat scattered yet organized style. Really exceptional work!
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gorgeous! i especially love how the words fall and climb!
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This is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with the world and me. ~J
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Breathtaking. Inspiring. As I look at the picture I can hear the poem ringing through my ears.
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This is possibly one of the most beautiful things I have ever read on this website. Hang in there, hun!!!!
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Fguratively speaking your picture choice made me want to kill my Diary. I dont have one to kill though. Good job.
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wait, link me to your third one.
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There you go: [link]
It's less popular but very close to my heart because it's real.
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Wow, thank you so much! 
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woah... way to go! this is a really nice piece of work!!
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this is sooo amazing. you are very talented. i especially like the 5th part.
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This brings hope!
Great work!
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Thank you! I was surprised myself how much recognition this received, given how poorly appreciated literature is on dA.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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I agree! Literature is overlooked.
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beautiful and deep, and congratulations, not much literature gets many favorites on her, like one of my friends said, poetry is really under appreciated these days, that alone speaks for how good it is, keep it up.
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Thanks very much. You're right, literature is indeed terribly underappreciated as few have the time to read and I'm terribly glad that people noticed this.
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i think you quoted all of our minds.
this is beautiful.
i would ask her story, but i already know it:
it's every story of every girl who has ever been in love
and out of it
and stood up after it.
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this is amazing a friend told me about this and told me it was worth reading i see why she said it now, i do not really know what to say
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beautiful, just beautiful. i can't help but love it every time i read it !!
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That's just friggin' amazing.
Too bad I can't write cohesively.
*Hmm...must be why I'm a bloody poet.*
"There is no 'I' in 'f*ck off'."
- Mendal B. Kerr
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Hi!
Your DD has been featured in DD Express: June 8th-14th, 2009 .
Remember to 
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Thank you. The project is interesting and the choices are incredible.
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'His eyes are blue but mine ignite the sky.'
That gave me shivers. I love it. Awesome. x
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what a lovely poem. any bit of writing that is to be seen scattered about the page is a favourite bit of mine, but your words give off such a valid and poignant sentiment. my favourite part was "And I have fallen in love with the sun Through speckled windows." because that is something i actually say and feel on a regular basis. thank you for letting this out into the world
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