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Jan 05
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LadyMidnight

When Math Fails ( or Stars and Snowflakes)

it's funny how the stars make you think
about how much you've lost
snowflakes make you do the same thing I suppose
each different though no one can really prove that
i think humans are like snowflakes 
you can't count them and find that they are all unique
I read somewhere that there's up to 7 people in the world who are almost exactly like you
but that data is all sititng there in empty notebooks
because no scientist can count passion
no scientist can tell you what you like and who to love.
there's studies sure
but there's studies all the time 
full of abouts and approximatelys.
But no one can count the hurt you feel
or the smile you give
there's no formula for how long a life will be
or how much love a person can feel
there's no equation to solve for loneliness
or to tell you where your dreams will take you.
when math fails, the stars tell us the answer i think
the constellations clogging up the sky
but you can't remember them so you make up your own
a beautiful shape that you'll never remember 
but you can always find another one.
But maybe that's the reason that stars and snowflakes 
aren't human
are nature 
because humans come and go but the
stars and snowflakes are always there
for when the math fails.
 
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  1. doug.demaio
    Jan 06, 2020

    Very cool concept, and well-constructed. I love the line with "abouts and approximatelys" and how it signifies a bit of a tipping point in the poem. Very nice!

    Hey! I'm Doug, former Young Writers Project Web/Instruction Coordinator. Currently using my writing skills as a digital marketer! Feel free to ask me questions about YWP, writing, or how to use writing to find a fun career!
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  1. LadyMidnight
    Jan 06, 2020

    Thank you so much!

    "There is nothing to writing. All you have to do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemmingway

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