Dying Young



Let it go, let it slide
Buy the ticket, take the ride
Humble me, set me aside
Give me up, to gentle tide.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Characters 102
Words 23
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

Elsie

I'm not sure if girl is the right word... If only there was a word that fluidly mixed woman, lady, and girl! For, although not by any means that simple, that is what I am. Sometimes I am a frail dirge of twirling insanity, cowering before my mistakes. Sometimes I am a fearless actress of brinkmanship, laughing in the face of death. Sometimes I am even a poet. But I always and forever am and will be a lover of flowing words that shape themselves into meaning, line by line, that can transcend all language. more…

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