Pushing

We all push ourselves for something

we push

          for achievement

          for recognition

          for forgiveness

          for purity

I push

          to prove to myself

that I can do it

that I have made myself better

that on my journey

to be

and to find

myself

I have bettered and bested myself

I have broken and built

myself

so that when I fall 

I know that I will rise again

myself.

C

Csquared

VT

16 years old

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  • Poetry

    By Csquared

    I wish

    I wish I could see the world like a puzzle

    with each piece

    having one

    rightful

    place.

    But there is far too much 

    idealist romantic

    in me 

    for that to be the case.

    I think

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  • Poetry

    By Csquared

    Mist

    Misting

    slowly, a dusting of pearly droplets

    coats the world.

    each one lands separately,

    but over time, they all combine.

    joining forces

    melting together

    to overtake the earth.

     

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  • Poetry

    By Csquared

    After Thanksgiving

    The month

    (ish) 

    of time between Thanksgiving

    and December 25th

    is 

    undeniably

    the best season.

    Everyone is joyous

    despite their

    close-to-frostbitten noses

    here in Vermont.

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