I felt poetic today folks...

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>What is love, but an emotion,
So strong and so pure,
That nurtured and shared with another
All tests it will endure?</p>

<p>What is love, but a force
To bring the mighty low,
With the strength to shame the mountains
And halt time’s ceaseless flow?</p>

<p>What is love, but a triumph,
A glorious goal attained,
The union of two souls, two hearts
A bond the angels have ordained?</p>

<p>What is love, but a champion,
To cast the tyrant from his throne,
And raise the flag of truth and peace,
And fear of death o’erthrow?</p>

<p>What is love, but a beacon,
To guide the wayward heart,
A blazing light upon the shoals
That dash cherished dreams apart?</p>

<p>And what is love, but forever,
Eternal and sincere,
A flame that through wax and wane
Will outlive life’s brief years?</p>

<p>So I’ll tell it on the mountaintops,
In all places high and low,
That love for you is my reason to be,
And will never break or bow.</p>

<p>What started out as a mere English assignment quickly manifested itself into an all Sunday affair for me. When I should have been studying for my AP tests or standardized tests today, I instead got lost in the thrill of writing this poem for my class. I don't know if it's any good or not, but I have to tell you that the 6 hours that I spent working on this poem constituted one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had in recent memory. I'm such a failure for an Asian guy.:(</p>

<p>Anyway, the basic prompt that my English teacher gave for this poem was what we thought the definition of love was. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to make it better for tomorrow or just any comments in general???</p>

<p>Thanks in advance.:)</p>

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<p>Pssh. You are evil.</p>

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<p>good for you bro, enjoy life.</p>

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<p>I am having a Chipotle burrito right now so life is pretty damn good!!! Ecept that school starts in about seven hours...dammit way to ruin a good thing.:(</p>

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<p>oh, evil, i hope that poem was about me;)...</p>

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<p>Writing feels great, doesn't it? I need to write more. My website of writing (with friends) is being dominated by the other two.</p>

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<p>Hmm, I do hope I get the opportunity to drive to Ohio and read the poem to you kneeling down one of these days Amy.;)</p>

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<p>aw, thanks evil... i would really like that.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I LOVE WRITING for fun too!!!! It's this feeling of liberation when you can take out a pen/pencil and create literary magic with it.</p>

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<p>So, are you going out of town anywhere for Spring Break Amy?</p>

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<p>I am not sure of my plans yet. but i still have a month before spring break, so i can always plan something in the near future. what are your spring break plans?</p>

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<p>ive seen this poem before.</p>

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<p>Bahamas with friends...its going to be amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):)</p>

<p>Oh yeah, where in Ohio do you live because I'm not too far away from the Ohio border from my location here in MI.</p>

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<p>I'm jealous.</p>

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<p>Bahamas....thats sounds like exciting.........i wanna go to cancun</p>

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<p>I wanna go to MI.</p>

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<p>why MI?!@#$%^&*</p>

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<p>There is a stranger inside me
A heart-within-a-heart.
A stranger who, with entrenched primal tendencies
and hostile demeanor, tries to break
out of the steel cage my heart has formed.</p>

<p>Every now and then, the cage shudders
underneath the stress it is undergoing.
Cracks pop up like daffodils after an April shower,
but I am always replacing the weakened bars,
adding new ones in, splicing them together with barbed wire,
double-edged with thorns on both sides.</p>

<p>I know I am only playing a game of time with her:
either she tires out or I no longer have any will to hold her in.
For all my learned knowledge and acquired skills, it is she
who forms and shapes my dreams and passions and my sorrows.</p>

<p>I fear that if I let her out of his cage,
she will open his wings
and fly away
and say, “I told you so.”</p>

<p>I will never see her again.</p>

<p>©slurpz</p>

<p>there that was my poem about love, albeit in a much different way.</p>

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<p>i live in a suburb of Cincinnati... which is southern ohio and not too close to MI.</p>

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<p>I dont wanna see anymore poems.</p>