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366/1000 - Accepted

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Friday, November 2, 2012

"Guess what!"
You messaged me this afternoon.
"Guess what!
Guess what!
Guess what!"

"What?"

"Well,
I got a letter from a college,
And I got accepted!"

Already?
"That's awesome,"
I typed back,
"Congrats!
Which college?"

"Unfortunately,
Not my top choice.
They haven't gotten back to me yet,
But I'm still hopeful!
If I got into one,
I can get into another!"

My gut twisted.
Of course you'd been accepted,
But you said
You thought my application
Was on par with yours,
Meaning I can be, too.
Wow. One whole year. Now it's time to talk about my thoughts, right? Right...
Really, I'm just in awe. Of myself, yes, and of the fact that I've written 366 consecutive poems this (leap) year, which officially makes this my biggest project ever. But I'm in awe of my writing. Every single day for the past year, I've sat down in front of this laptop screen, looked the blank page in the face, and said to the entire world, "I can do this. I'm going to do this, and nothing, not sickness, not exhaustion, not finals, not an unfair amount of homework, not anything can stop me." Because nothing has.

I started this project to hold myself accountable for writing every day, because there's no greater practice than actually writing, no matter how little, but doing it consistently. I think no matter how weird or out of context or just plain low quality these poems are sometimes, this project is a complete success. Every single day for the past year, I've practiced my writing and improved, no matter how insignificantly. And I couldn't be more proud of myself~

So, with the voice I've grown over an entire year, I want to say to you all that I hope you enjoy!

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Silver-OPs's avatar
Yes. You go. This project is amazing!