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From the Vault #1

4/17/2016

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Well, I thought today just for fun I'd dig out one of my old things and share it with you all. Do you see how much I love you all? lol. I promised myself when I was very young that I'd never throw any of my writings out, and I have to say it's been pretty funny reading over them throughout the years. A few weeks ago I was reading a certain story I had written back when I was around eleven, and of course I had to insert my own comments as I read it. It was going pretty much like "Ooh, that's good. Ouch. That's not. Oh my, what was I thinking? Wow, Victoria, you obviously had no tact whatsoever. Oooh. That is definitely cringe-worthy. How on earth did I know that word at eleven? Um...awkward...." I just about died from the combination of laughing and cringing! lol. 
Today I don't have a story, however, but two poems. The first one I wrote at around thirteen, perhaps, and apparently I was role-playing as a lonely king. Haha! I don't know... I've found it's best to just go with the flow when I reread stuff now.


The Sorrowful King
Tis no joy to own the land,
yet sit on throne alone.
For all who come in unto me
have some complaint or groan.
They all would like some favor done,
they think to rule is great.
But tis no joy to lonesome be;
to listen to complaints!
Oh, for one friend, 
how glad I’d be!
But no one thinks how nice it’d be 
to be a wee bit nice to me!
If I should pass my duties off,
they’d say I slacked my job.
But when I stay and sovereign be,
they call me “Stuck up snob”.
Oh, for one friend who’d understand!
Oh, for a kindly friend!
If I could have just one nice friend,
I’d serve him till the end.



The second one is one I wrote at ten. The sort of sad thing is, when I wrote all this stuff, I was so convinced it was pretty good. Now I look at these poems and I think they're positively hilarious with all the melodrama and flowery words. Oh well. 



Fireworks
Ka-boom and a sizzle--
Showered ‘cross sky.
They bloom and then burst, 
And colors do fly.
We sit back and watch
With “Ah’s” on our lips;
With kaleidoscope brilliance
Bright hues dance and skip.
The sky is black velvet,
The colors are gems.
They sprinkle the night
With rainbows again.
Like thunder and lightning!
They flash past the sky!
Then-- with sizzling grace...
They fall and they die.




Well, that's all for today. Maybe next time I'll share one of my first ever stories from six years old. Now that is something to laugh at. lol. 
How do you view your old writing now? If you dare, I'd love it if you shared some in the comments below. :) 
Have a lovely day! 
<3
Victoria
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Katja L.
4/23/2016 02:01:28 am

I thought that ‘Fireworks’ was really pretty! I don't see what you don't like about it, but I didn't write it, and even a year's age difference makes SO much difference in your opinions. :) As to ‘The Lonely King’, I thought it was kinda cute. A good character. Makes me thing of ‘The King Who Could Not Smile’, a story in some A Beka Book readers we have. Everybody in the country did just as the king—if he had a purple hat, so did they. If he ate carrot cake for dessert, so did they. But they were all really sad, do finally he dressed up as a beggar and went around on a streetcar and asked a little boy how he thought they could all be happy. The boy said he thought they should just ignore the King and do as they wished. The King thought it was a great idea so he issued a proclamation that everybody was to do that and they all lived happily ever after. :)

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Victoria
4/23/2016 01:34:37 pm

Aw, thank you Katja. ;) Well, I have to admit I still like the words I used in describing the fireworks in that poem, I guess what I don't like is how many I used in such a short amount of space and just some of the wording seems awkward to me now. The best way to explain it is that it was me THEN and it definitely reminds me of that stage of life--and I just don't write that style of poetry anymore, so it just seems funny to me sometimes. lol! It's not ALL bad. :P
I've read that story, a long, long time ago! I remembered it immediately when you mentioned it. I can see now why you my poem reminded you of it. :P

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Katja L.
5/14/2016 10:48:31 am

Sadly, at age 13 or 14 I destroyed practically all my old stories. . . but I pretty much know what they were like. And the little I DO have I edited. :( So I don't think I have anything. . .

Haha! Been digging through my papers and found something. But Considering the circumstances I don't want to post it. I'll email it to you instead. ;)

<3

Victoria Minks
5/16/2016 11:44:03 am

Aw, that's too bad! I'll be looking for your email, though. ;)

Katja L.
5/17/2016 10:47:21 am

Yes, I know. :( I'm kind of upset now. But I though it was so bad then! Somehow you're very unkind to yourself in those early “teenage” years, to use an expression I dislike.

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Katja L.
8/21/2016 09:42:45 am

Eeek! I was rereading our very first emails and cringing—mine were so awful! 😱 I've matured since then for sure. But then, I was rereading some old comments posted earlier this year and discovered that even from then I hd changed. . .

But what I said in my very first email to you is still true. I hope this helps you:

“I'm VERY glad to have met you—you're an EXTREMELY nice and beautiful girl—I'd like to be like you when I'm sixteen. :)” Or eighteen. 😊

Love and prayers!

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Victoria Minks
8/23/2016 04:11:15 pm

Isn't it interesting how we grow and mature?
Aww that's so sweet!! <3 Love you!!

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