I've been thinking a lot lately.
About how I live & how my mind works.
I've been thinking through all the things I've done.
And I've been thinking about how hard it is to be my own person.
I've been watching the writing style I had become just another trend.
And I've been looking for a way to find me.
As some of you know Kendal [Platinum Stitches] just changed the name of one of her groups to "snowflakes"
And that got me thinking even more.
We talked a bit about why she named it that.
And it really inspired me.
And what I've been noticing...
Is the same old words used different ways.
How no one can seem to capture who they are.
How it seems so hard to be individual.
This is what I want::
I want you to show me who you are.
I want you to write out your Identity.
It can be in poem form, column form.
I don't care.
I want the truth.
Above all I want the truth, not some mask.
Not hiding behind a bunch of pretty little words.
I want you to say who you are.
There are no rules/restrictions.
No grammar guidlines.
Except for the famous "no chat lingo/sticky caps".
The idea of this is NOT to win.
The idea of this is to seek out who you are.
To bring the truth to the surface.
I want you to find the individual you.
In hopes that you can be comfortable with that.
I don't want an auto-biography here.
I just want to know how you see yourself.
Make it a story if you want.
And if you don't understand, IM me or don't enter.
I reserve the right to DQ any inappropriate ones. :]
And check back for edits.
There will be points added as soon as my other contest is over [hint,hint to entrants].
Remember... Use your heart as inspiration.
I don't want some lies weaved together.
Closing at any time [after 2 weeks of opening date]
No Prewrites. Fresh only.
1 entry per person.
♥Go♥
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on May 11, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: I honestly expected something entirely different. What I saw in a lot of these writes were good.. But they weren't like the gold trophy winner.
It's odd in a way.
they went around in a loop to me.
they tried to define who they were but they came back around to the fact that they were not inividual. they came around to the fact that they werent something strange. they were just another face in the crowd. just another cliched vision.
but they also made it apparent that who they were wasnt important. its just what they had to offer.. who was there for them, making them, shaping them.
they did an amazing job, well worthy of a gold in my opinion.
I'm sorry I didnt get around to commenting on a lot of entries. I read each one of them a few times but.. (not to make excuses) I havent had a lot of time lately.
so, thanks for entering, thanks for trying, and goodluck next time.
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Entries [39]
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I've lost myself, so many times...
It's hard to know who I really am.by grrlshadow 27 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 15 1:12 PM 2007. In personal• Viewed by judge. -
by SignedSinerelyMe 64 lines, on Apr 15 2:25 PM 2007. In thought on my past; lyrics• Viewed by judge.
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I think for myself
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to make me so afraid of a man's hands or his belt
(especially, especially when it came off)by AHookerInWonderland 48 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 15 3:46 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. -
So. I was told to describe myself. I was told to figure out who I am, and to write it out in anyway that I see fit. So here goes.by Tinkerbell-Or-Me 17 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 16 2:11 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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Well, I guess I'll start by making a statement that is true to every single human living right now, whoe ever lived, or will live: I am completely worthless. / / Now, before you start with "your life is worth something t• Commented on by judge.
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some days my skin peels,
blisters under the heat, breaks, and• Viewed by judge. -
its my general feeling about who i am and what i've becomeby Luciferschild 25 lines, on Apr 16 2:22 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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a chameleon by nature i am
my personality changes with circumstanceby A floatingleaf 14 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 16 12:05 PM 2007. In Contest, Freewrite, Contemporary, Personal
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Breathing, Because I like the steady pace in my ears
A little bit of stillness, because I cant stand all this moving.• Viewed by judge. -
This is me in a nutshell.• Viewed by judge.
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I keep thinking back to the me I once was
To the me I still wish I could beby Yuki Now and Always 91 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 15 6:54 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Angst, Weird, My life, Lost in thought, My own style• Viewed by judge. -
I am me
Yeah real descriptive huh?by SomethingPoetic 44 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 16 12:53 AM 2007. In Life• Viewed by judge. -
I am me
Nothing specialby Dancing Rebel 44 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 16 5:52 AM 2007. In Personal• Viewed by judge. -
i work like my music
the blasting beats of tehcnoby Pixie Girl 27 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 16 9:12 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. -
cant you see? / im just me / and im no one else. / im a girl of 14 / who loves to read and write / and loves her sports. / / but why cant you accept / that im diferent from you / im me and the likes of youby PurpleLogic 31 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 28 7:43 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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Here I am waiting, meditating, / Noticing my intrinsic colors: / Cotton candy skin, Earl Grey eyes, golden saffron hair, / Chocolate freckby Song for Salmon 12 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 28 7:08 PM 2007. In Life, Personal, Society, Thoughts• Viewed by judge.
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I've been blessed by the
homeless as i dropped a quarter in their cups i've been adored by aby ItsOursAndIts2night 24 lines, on Apr 22 10:13 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. -
Conforming to non-comform / //Yeah right!\\ / I'm just me / Or so I pretend / Jump around, spastic, / effervescent, optimistic, / funny andby oh willoughby 60 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 24 6:06 PM 2007. In Life• Viewed by judge.
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maybe / if you dug / just a little bit further, / you could find me / curled up in a ball beneath sheets / trying to escape my own existance. / / and maybe / if i tried / i could find myself, / pluck myse• Viewed by judge.
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I've only lived seventeen years but I think my mind has put my body through enough to be thirty already. / Starving for perfection and vomiting (some days) to regain purity, that's my life. Expressing myself without secondby GossamerAlice 7 lines, on Apr 28 4:06 PM 2007. In personal• Viewed by judge.
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I'm that jaded cynic in the back of the class / I'm that sarcastic ass making bitchy comments / I'm that quiet loner, who might scare you a little / I'm that caring friend you always rely on / I'm that funny friend thby WithoutWings 18 lines, on Apr 28 6:56 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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Splashed upon a whitened page / Unleashed about in frantic rage / These words will not make sense or reason / Yet I pray to my heart, this is not treason / I am this and I am that / I am right where I am aby Wordsofmyheart 44 lines, on Apr 28 7:54 PM 2007. In Life• Viewed by judge.
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If you've ever seen a butterfly / trapped in a jar / Flapping valiantly to break free / That was my soul. / / If you've ever read about a mustang / Struggling on its rope / kicking down the stable's gate / Thby Calingaladha 18 lines, on Apr 29 12:00 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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you asked us to tell you about us / and who we are / you wanted the truth and not some mask / / / i'm the girl / who wanted the world / so to found out / the world soon / to hate her / / i'm the girl• Viewed by judge.
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Who am I, you ask? / I am the oft forgiven son of a thrice remarried police oficer and a nurse who can't not spend money. / I am the twinkle in the eyes of a dream of man. / I am the long lasting analytical breakdownby psionicinvasion 7 lines, 2 comments, on May 7 1:58 PM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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she wouldn’t tell you,
but she knows how you think ~by Macey Muse 38 lines, 3 comments, on May 7 4:46 PM 2007. In Personal• Viewed by judge. -
I am a human with small profile / Known for my smiling face ever and forever / / I have depths of high integrity / and am well versed with• Viewed by judge.
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I'm not normal / But i'm not as i seem / i'm not nice / but i'm not mean / i'm the girl / who tries to fit in / i'm the one who tries not to sin / I'm the one who hides behind a smile / but my emotions are twiby LeaPan 20 lines, on May 8 9:14 AM 2007• Viewed by judge.
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Footsteps heavy on my heart / As I begin my brand new start. / I tred the halls of life / With still a soul of grief. / Every tear I shed / My heart loses a tint of its red. / I am a flower quickly fading / My p• Viewed by judge.
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i'm the one hiding in the shadows / when things get too hard / the girl you see with a smile / holding back the tears and broken heart / i'm the one who speaks her opinion / when i disagree with what you say / andby poeticmind 31 lines, 2 comments, on May 8 5:44 PM 2007. In Life, My life, Teenage thinking, Personal.• Viewed by judge.
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I look / / And still he's there / / He haunts me / / You think I care / / You really think anybody does / / You Jerk / / Just look at yourself / / They have sucked you dry / / And all y• Viewed by judge.
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by cherche -d -ame 30 lines, 9 comments, on May 8 7:29 PM 2007. In Contest entry, Dark, Life, Other, Personal, Society, Thoughts• Viewed by judge.
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i sit there iwth book in hand / watching the duck swim along / the sweet wind playing around my ears / the soft grass beneath my body / theby Thesilentwatcher 14 lines, 2 comments, on May 8 8:19 PM 2007. In Nature• Viewed by judge.
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I'm molded, I feel as if I have not created myself / I feel as though I'm not meant for this world / Sometimes; I feel like there is no way in hell / I will ever be what I want / And sometimes I don't even know / Wh• Viewed by judge.
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I am nothing special at all. / I start arguments with people because if i win i might actually feel better about myself. / I can't remember the last time I was truly happy. / Sometimes, I punch myself in the face for doby P0TE is Dead 10 lines, 10 comments, on May 11 10:28 AM 2007. In Personal• Viewed by judge.
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Deff. into this.!
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I have written a prose about this but I'll see if I can write something more ... um ... fitting. I feel I have a good grasp on who I am
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i will search. and search. until i find myself. just to enter your contest.
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I love you sweetie. I will most deff be sure to enter this!
I'm glad that a converstation we had could inspire you. I've always wanted to inspire someone into creating something beautiful. And you have. Thank you for that, I can now check that off my list
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oh, I'm going to try my hardest to enter baby!
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amazing doll...
this is such a great idea.
I'm doing it.
bookmarking.
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Baby
I want to enter
But I can't define myself.
Because I don't know who I am anymore.
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I tend to externalize too much. And care more for how I'm percieved I fear, than what I think of myself.Only would be capable of snipets of self explainatory define.But this looks to be a contest of interest on how we observe the super ego in each of our selfs. I'll be reading for sure. Good luck with this comp.
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