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I can be somebody’s and still be my own.

Shel Silverstein

This boat that we just built is just fine – and don’t try to tell us it’s not the sides and the back are divine – It’s the bottom I guess we forgot.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Divine Forget Try
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’t, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me, Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Children Impossible Inspirational
I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Myself People Place Right Wrong
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understand each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Flower Language Myself Secret Smile Understand
So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Love Myself One Liner
It’s all the same to the clam.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

One Liner
And the tree was happy.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Happiness Tree
If you are a dreamer come in.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Dream One Liner
Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Deep Himself
Are wild strawberries really wild?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Philosophy Wild
We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Hands Romantic See
Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Explanation Talk
And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Poem Poet Wonderful
When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Light Philosophy Stop
She had blue skin. And so did he. He kept it hid, And so did she. They searched for blue their whole life through, Then passed right by – And never knew.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Herself Hide Life Search Skin
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
SHEL SILVERSTEIN

Himself Wasted Time

I can be somebody’s and still be my own.

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