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Why People Are Dying

July 30, 2009
By Michelle Metevier BRONZE, Whitmore Lake, Michigan
Michelle Metevier BRONZE, Whitmore Lake, Michigan
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So you can sleep without fear of a knife over your head
Is this why people are dying
So you can live without drills for a nuclear attack
Is this why people are dying
So you can be free to live as you wish
So you can speak your mind and passions, live your life how you want
So you can be free, strong, and smart
So you can be loved and love yourself
So you can see each day in the light you choose
Is this why people are dying
So you can feel safe in the time of calm
So you can feel protected in the time of war
So you can learn to say goodbye
To grieve
Learn to appreciate what you have in life
Is this why people are dying
So you can understand not all things are good
So you can have something to fear
So you can have a reason to cry
So you can understand what real pain is
Is this why people are dying
So you can push yourself to live your life better
Love those you love more
Remember to make things right when you’ve wronged them
When you’ve been wronged
Is this why people are dying
So you can eventually leave this sometime death pit
Some time paradise
Some time confusing, without understanding, unfair,
Uncaring, chaotic place,
Unloved, unclear, die hard life
And go who knows where
Is this why people are dying
So there can be one thing
One single positive thing
If the only thing there ever is
That you can trust in life
And that being death
Is this why people are dying
Because it just cannot be helped
Cannot be stopped
They don’t know
She doesn’t get it
I can’t help
Simply because we
Cannot
Live forever
Is this why people are dying
And if not
Are people dying for no reason at all


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