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#13811voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Where do they all come from? Sitting in a silent distress, Feeling nothing but numb. Their numbers are so large with such a sum. They should have known there was no reason t...

#13812 Poetry
By Anonymous
#13813 Poetry
By KaylynVictoria SILVER
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
KaylynVictoria SILVER, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana
5 articles 0 photos 77 comments

Favorite Quote:
Always keep your head up so you never have an excuse to look down at yourself(:

#13814 Poetry
By Dread GOLD
Cincinnati, Iowa
Dread GOLD, Cincinnati, Iowa
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Men only think of their past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.<br /> <br /> Just because I&#039;m giving up , doesn&#039;t mean i don&#039;t care. It means I&#039;m tired of giving my everything and ending up with nothing.

#13815 Poetry
By michaeln123 BRONZE
Cedar Park, Texas
michaeln123 BRONZE, Cedar Park, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The world is like a ride at an amusement park. It goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it&rsquo;s very brightly coloured and it&rsquo;s very loud and it&rsquo;s fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question: Is this real, or is this just a ride? And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, &ldquo;Hey &ndash; don&rsquo;t worry, don&rsquo;t be afraid, ever, because, this is just a ride&hellip;&rdquo; But we always kill those good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok. Jesus &ndash; murdered; Martin Luther King &ndash; murdered; Malcolm X &ndash; murdered; Gandhi &ndash; murdered; John Lennon &ndash; murdered; Reagan&hellip; wounded. But it doesn&rsquo;t matter because: It&rsquo;s just a ride. And we can change it anytime we want. It&rsquo;s only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings and money. A choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one. Here&rsquo;s what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money that we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.

#13816 Poetry
By Hanna.A SILVER
Brooklyn, New York
Hanna.A SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#13817 Poetry
By Anonymous
#13818 Poetry
By Mich7 GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Mich7 GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#13819 Poetry
By Anonymous
#13820 Poetry
By Sarah Bryant SILVER
Prentiss, Mississippi
Sarah Bryant SILVER, Prentiss, Mississippi
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments