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

Shel Silverstein

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.
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Flower Language Myself Secret Smile Understand
Tell me I’m clever, Tell me I’m kind, Tell me I’m talented, Tell me I’m cute, Tell me I’m sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I’m perfect – But tell me the truth.
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Kind Myself Perfection Talent Truth Wisdom
I keep meeting all the right people at all the wrong places.
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Myself People Place Right Wrong
And all the colors I am inside have not been invented yet.
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Myself Self Love Worth
We can’t hold hands – someone might see. Won’t you please, Hold toes with me?
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Hands Romantic See
But all the magic I have known I’ve had to make it myself.
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Magic Myself One Liner Self Love
If you are a dreamer come in.
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Dream One Liner
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.
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Divine Forget Try
And the boy loved the tree, very much. And the tree was happy.
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Happiness Love Tree
Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.
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Deep Himself
If you are a dreamer come sit by my fire, for we have some flax-golden tails to spin, come in, come in.
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Dream Story Yourself
It’s all the same to the clam.
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One Liner
He wasted his wishes on wishing.
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Himself Wasted Time
There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.
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End Happiness Philosophy Sad
Whatever you are is all okay. I don’t like you anyway.
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Savage Yourself
Are wild strawberries really wild?
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Philosophy Wild

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

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