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Blood Bank MAG

October 1, 2012
By Aletha Spang BRONZE, Salem, Massachusetts
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You’re so pale I can see
The bruised blue of your veins
Staining your stark-white arms.
What is it like?
Knowing your blood is gone
On its way to a stranger
A nameless face
To mingle with their cells
Rush through their veins and
Beat inside their heart.
You saved someone’s life today
And I can’t help but feel that
You’ll be closer to them
Than you’ll ever be with me.

© Brittany L., Wolfforth, TX

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on Dec. 23 2012 at 3:50 pm
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This is so inspiring in a simple and beautiful way.  The Blood Moible should have this pasted on their walls, their signs...  It should be posted on their website.  What an intimate observation.  I absolutely love this.