"Good is better than perfect..."

A Line

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A line

Will always be straight

No twists

Or turns

No turnabouts

No curves you didn’t know

A line will always be straight.

A promise

Will always be zagged

With one end

In one way

The other

Bent back

Hidden breaches

And bends

But a line will always be straight.

A tear

Will always be hollow

Not filled

With sadness

Not brimming

With pain

Just hollow

Dark and hollow

With loss

But a line will always be straight.

A lie

Will always be layered

A thick polished coating

Of glitter and light

And never telling

Never telling

That beneath

It’s dirty

And crooked

But a line will always be straight.

So when the world

Seems bent

And wrong

And twisted hopelessly

Just close

Your eyes

And remember that

A line will always be straight.

 

By Lexie at TeenInk.com 

"Where I'm From"- A Poem :)

 I come from the place with the antique radio,

The big backyard with the swing set

 We used to climb on and peek to the other side.

This place had a pecan tree

We’d steal the nuts from

And hear the crack against the wood shed ramp

It had a tree swing

With a thick white rope where,

If you swung too high,

You would nearly crash into the bark.

I am from the late night concerts

With the pink straw hat

Mumbling the words to songs I loved

I come from the new house

That holds Ralph’s house in its hot, barely lit attic

That contains the miniature hangers and carpeted hallways

Fit for a mouse

I am from the destroyed gingerbread houses

One by accident that scattered across the floor

The other on purpose for the one before

This place I’m from had a big blue shed

That was knocked down and caused tears

Tears that flowed for a silly reason that made everyone laugh

I am from the puppet shows

And the “Mail me to grandma!” moments

From the place where Barbie and her friends swam in the sink

And they left water seeping onto the floor

That’s why they only got to swim once in a great while

I’m from the place with that hamster that’s brown and white

The hamster that ate everything and needed regular haircuts

I am from the place with the baby pool

We sprayed Mom with the green water hose

And she pretended she was mad but really wasn’t

Dad caught it all on video and couldn’t help but laugh

I come from the place with the roller skates

That looked like clown shoes

They made me fall and skin my knees but I loved them

I am from the place with the Halloween

Where we shared a big hardwood floor and the room echoed

And all the brightly colored candy was spilled everywhere

I am from the place with the babysitter that would draw pretty pictures

I tried to copy the outline with a marker and crayon on the inside

I am from the places with memories, laughter, and lessons learned,

And everything that has made up my brilliant past.

"You Inspire Me"

I think the greatest compliment you can give someone is, “You inspire me.” And that is the reason I blog. Not because I’m waiting for someone to come along and say it, but because I want to be the type of person that inspires people. I want to inspire people to be passionate or be positive. To be open-minded or to follow their dreams. Or maybe just to enjoy life, because like everyone says, it’s short. I think I’m starting to believe that more every day. And if I can make people value their lives and not waste them away on worrying or being negative, then that is a huge compliment to me.