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Across the Line

February 14, 2013
By Rynorth5 SILVER, Lincoln, Nebraska
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"Open your eyes before your mouth"

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There seems as line
No one can define
That of which others don’t cross
Only that I’ve crossed again
This is nothing more than who I am

You can’t tell me
What to do
And I, for one, am done with you
Had enough, and I’ll take a stand
No more hanging ropes
But rather, changing hopes

Your light can shine bright
Brighter than a nebula in the night
Stop this plight
We’ll put up a fight
And make this world ours

© Eveliz V., Bayamon, Puerto Rico

The author's comments:
Wrote this poem after personal experience and knowledge of discrimination about what people choose to look like and do with their own lives. Against social "norms"
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