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Green Heart

February 10, 2013
By WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
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Favorite Quote:
dance like no one's watching/ love like you've never been hurt/ sing like no one's listening/ live like heaven is on earth


In a sprawling silver city,
a speck of green
lies concealed in a place
rarely seen.

Gleaming cars.
Broad, flat roads.
Garbage trucks gather,
then dump their loads.

Planes sail by
overhead.
An overworked businessman
rises from bed.

His company
develops land.
Real estate worth
several hundred grand.

A crisp new suit.
Carefully combed hair.
Today he will meet
with the city's mayor.

Green eyes betray
how he feels inside
powerful emotions
he struggles to hide.

To sell some land
is what they mayor wants.
A lovely little park -
one of the businessman's favorite haunts.

The mayor talks
of how much money they'll make
but the businessman says
"Sir, this is a mistake."

"How?" the mayor asks.
The other replies,
"To destroy such an oasis
would be very unwise.

"The money we would make
could never erase
the guilt of ruining
this peaceful place."

In a sprawling silver city,
a speck of green
lies concealed in a place
rarely seen.


The author's comments:
Do you have a green heart?

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sp19 GOLD said...
on Sep. 7 2013 at 10:57 pm
sp19 GOLD, Passaic, New Jersey
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I thought the green means jealousy, or how others can save nature or how others have more money.

on Feb. 21 2013 at 7:04 pm
WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
7 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
dance like no one's watching/ love like you've never been hurt/ sing like no one's listening/ live like heaven is on earth

Thanks! That means a lot to me. I'm shy to submit work and stuff like that because I'm always afraid that people won't like it or won't understand. This is one of the first articles of any sort that I've ever submitted. so thanks :)

on Feb. 21 2013 at 12:24 pm
sadesdd DIAMOND, Elma, Iowa
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It's just a very interesting poem. People will read it and figure it out for themselves. It made me think. So I thought you were talking about a greedy person. Money chasing. Very good either way or both:)

on Feb. 20 2013 at 7:22 pm
WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
7 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
dance like no one's watching/ love like you've never been hurt/ sing like no one's listening/ live like heaven is on earth

;) both, i guess.

on Feb. 20 2013 at 2:26 pm
sadesdd DIAMOND, Elma, Iowa
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What sense is a green heart standing for in this Poem? The mayor who wants to kill the earth green as in money or the one who wants to save it green as in saving the earth?

on Feb. 14 2013 at 7:07 pm
WinterGreer SILVER, Wasilla, Alaska
7 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
dance like no one's watching/ love like you've never been hurt/ sing like no one's listening/ live like heaven is on earth

Really? Why?

on Feb. 14 2013 at 12:30 pm
sadesdd DIAMOND, Elma, Iowa
90 articles 0 photos 213 comments
Green hearts are the worse