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A Toy Story

I am a simple girl.

A wooden doll,

sometimes made of stone.

 

When the waters rise,

I should float,

instead I turn to stone.

 

Further down I go.

Heavy and sinking,

I am concrete,

I cannot think.

 

Made of wood again.

When you push me I creak,

when you touch me I speak.

 

Left alone to weather the storm,

eventually I decay.

Left alone.

After time passes me by,

soon I will petrify.

 

My edges softened by river waters,

until only the best of me remains.

Now I wish I could remember,

what you always say.

I wish that I had the will,

to float away.

I wish I could be everything,

that you see in me.

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Written by
catherine-paige
American
Published
May 30, 2010
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This was written on April 9, 2009.

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