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abide these three [creative writing assignment p.7]

I have learned three things in life.

I have lost three things in life.

 

Faith- a curtain to hide behind, crutches to hold me up.

Faith- a broken record of lies and hypocrisy, when I threw it away I could stand alone.

 

Hope- an intangible thing of optimistic beauty.

Hope- pessimism is so much safer.

 

Love- promises, worries, caring, blind, deaf and dumb, not even minding.

Love- remember the memories, throw away the promises, don’t cross those lines.

 

I now look for these three things in life.

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Written by
sarah-wilson
American
Published
Feb 22, 2010
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october 2009, creative writing class assignment. can't remember the form name, of course. i like the essence of this, and few lines i'm kind of crazy about it, but it's kind of stilted in some places. i'm working on it.

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