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 SILVERSTEINThere are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
More Shel Silverstein Quotes
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Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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And the tree was happy.
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If you are a dreamer come in.
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And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Anything is possible. Anything can be.
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And if I say this is a wonderful poem, Is that exaggeration?
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So I’m all of the love that could make it today.
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Are wild strawberries really wild?
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I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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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?
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I am writing these poems From inside a lion.
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There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
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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.
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And she loved a boy very, very much- even more than she loved herself.
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