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External Shine

By Brooke_Smith93
December 13, 2021
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Where are you hiding the key?
Let me have a quick peek inside
I wanna discover what’s on the other side
How sweet it’d be to see the creatures created from your innocent glee.

Oh please let me see!
I bet there are a dozen unicorns dancing and prancing with pride
What about a hundred pixies sliding down streams like little kids enjoying big water slides?
I can’t imagine a better place to be.

How many times do I have to say no?
Nobody will ever see what’s roaming around this mind of mine
I threw away the key a long time ago
I am tired of hearing you beg and whine.

There is more to my story than you’d ever know!
You’re just blinded by my external shine
So quit asking before you become my foe
Anybody who dares to step inside comes out with more than a broken spine.

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Brooke_Smith93

Brooke Settoon Smith is from Louisiana. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and a minor in History. She has a blog called Creative Works by Brooke Settoon Smith, which presents her most recent short stories and poems. She is recently an author on the mobile app called Texties. She is a contributing writer for The Mighty and Unwritten. She has also created a blog called Rolling Through Life by Brooke Smith, which presents her perspective on being born with Cerebral Palsy.

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  • Ivor R Steven
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    Thank you very much for your kind words, Derrick

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  • Ivor Steven
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    Thank you so much for visiting my poem here at CHW, Beth

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  • Derrick John Knight
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    Another fine combination

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    so beautiful, Ivor -

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    What a beautiful piece. I love your description: "That’s the beauty of love, its layers like ...

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