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#40091voted by our readers
By Anonymous

As my mother walked me to school We got lost in the crowd and I held my breath I heard a gunshot in the courtyard And that day in the ghetto there was death The guards moved...

Burninglikeafire SILVER, Anna, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#40093 Poetry
By Vanny Myers BRONZE
Gresham, Oregon
Vanny Myers BRONZE, Gresham, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#40094 Poetry
By Anonymous
#40095 Poetry
By 6maddex GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
6maddex GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments
TessJW BRONZE, Lincoln, Other
3 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
‘ Death is not the greatest loss in life, the greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live,’ - Norman Cousins.<br /> <br /> ‘ Standing alone doesn’t mean I am alone, it means I am strong enough to handle things all by myself,’ - Unkown.

#40097 Poetry
By Anonymous
#40098 Poetry
By Melissa DiGiovannantonio BRONZE
Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
Melissa DiGiovannantonio BRONZE, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
#40099 Poetry
By Stranger216 GOLD
Youngstown, Ohio
Stranger216 GOLD, Youngstown, Ohio
18 articles 10 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
don&#039;t lose yourself in the world that is changing. make sure you don&#039;t change with it.

#40100 Poetry
By Shawnakat101 GOLD
Fremont, Nebraska
Shawnakat101 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
17 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be free like a ribbon in the wind&quot; - shawna &quot; Every man dies, but not every man really lives&quot; William Wallace