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End Up Dead

April 20, 2009
By Anonymous

Show me
To the world.
I'll be
Seen, not heard.

A pretty photo,
A lovely face.
What would I know,
Wrapped in linen and lace?

So young,
With so many years ahead.
Like a song unsung,
And a story unsaid.

The future will hold
Challenges of every kind.
They want to mold,
To conform my mind.

They tell me lies
That fill my head.
It's a surprise
If I don't end up dead.

The author's comments:
This was actually inspired by some recent events involving some of the students at my school. They got involved in something that they should've and it broke my heart to see them wasted. So this is what I wrote about it. My "friends" could end up dead because of what they're getting into and I can only stand by helplessly and watch...
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K.H.P. BRONZE said...
on Mar. 30 2010 at 10:31 am
K.H.P. BRONZE, Talala, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
"What are you?" -- 'Agile! Mobile! Hostile!'
"What is pain?" -- 'French bread!'
"What is fatigue?" -- 'Army clothes!'
"WILL YOU EVER QUIT?!" -- 'NO! We want some mo'! We want some mo'!'
-Remember the Titans

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Ironically, another similar experience happened this school year as well, but the results were much more drastic. MINE.