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ruthless

March 11, 2011
By Anonymous

Huddled in the corner
crying into my pillow
what

is


the



world




coming







to?
To think that our
future is in the
hands of people who
would make up rumors
about a peer getting
raped? As if that’s
something to joke about.

Where the people we
love are willing to
risk their lives and
those of the people they
‘love’ by driving drunk,
just so they can get
cigarettes in support of

their bad habits. What
happens when you crash,
and take away the
life of another? Someone
who was, is
loved by if not
by you, but by others?

What do you do
when your children suffer
through the pain, then
die from the things caused
by the smoke they’ve been
exposed to their whole lives?

What type of world do
we live in when
fathers, mothers
can rape and abuse
their sons and daughters
as if they are nothing to them?
What would you do

if the whole world
crumbled around you?
Would you still turn to
the bottle? Would you
still be the death of
your own children?
Would you sit in the

corner and cry? If
these were your last
few hours, is this really
what you want to be doing
with your time? Is this
really who you want to be
remembered as?

If you knew what was
to become of this
would you change it?
Would you be the one
to stop some one from
getting behind the wheel,
will you be the one to save

a life?



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on Sep. 4 2012 at 4:06 pm
SerenityDemon GOLD, New York, New York
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Favorite Quote:
Death before dishonor~ Someone Cool

This is absolute genius! I wish I would have wrote it first. Dont change the way you write it is unique!  :)

on Apr. 5 2011 at 4:29 pm
Livelaughlovewrite BRONZE, Danbury, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
Smile.

I like the message of your poem, but I think it could have been a little less choppy. Some of the lines and stanzas were broken up in awkward places, sorry to say. Also, you could have used more metaphorical words, put in symbolism, instead of just telling us exactly what you mean right away. A bit more figurative would greatly imporve this piece! But overall, a really excellent message! :)

on Apr. 5 2011 at 12:02 pm
Literalist17 SILVER, Monte Vista, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
"Tact is, of course, only for those who lack the wit to possess sarcasm"

it was preety good, though it seemed kinda one sided.. yea all that stuff does happen, but in small numbers, its up to us to think of all the good this world has and to keep showing our best sides wherever we go

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on Apr. 4 2011 at 5:11 pm
Lahari GOLD, Edison, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
\\\\\\\"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That\\\\\\\'s why its called the present.\\\\\\\"
— Eleanor Roosevelt

\\\\\\\"When life gives you lemons, make grape juice. Then sit back and watch as the world wonders how you did it.\\\\\\\'

THis is so meaningful and deep. I really like it. Good job

on Apr. 4 2011 at 8:36 am
TheAurorasFall PLATINUM, Dover, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
life isn't about the number of moments you take to breathe, but about the number of moments that take your breathe away.

haha this=my parents/ my life..

on Apr. 3 2011 at 1:04 pm
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

Really like this poem. I feel the same way. great job(:

on Apr. 2 2011 at 4:53 pm
my.freedom.lies.in.free.verse PLATINUM, Tosa, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
"I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into a void, and that oblivion is inevitable... and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you." Augustus Waters

amazing. and. so. true. soooo. amazing. sooooo. true. this is what its all about. AMAZING. srry, just a powerful message, especially to me :))

on Apr. 2 2011 at 4:34 pm
theintrovertmonologues DIAMOND, Pittsford, New York
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Nice poem, good job.

on Apr. 2 2011 at 4:04 pm
Terrahantu BRONZE, Gillette, New Jersey
4 articles 4 photos 17 comments
this is realy good. sad but true that this is why the world coming to. you are really talented and this really deep.

on Apr. 2 2011 at 1:48 pm
thezebrasgray PLATINUM, Taylorsville, Utah
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very nice and very true