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What I see America As

May 19, 2015
By Chasity.Ballou BRONZE, Chepatchet, Rhode Island
Chasity.Ballou BRONZE, Chepatchet, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
Don't worry about a thing, cuz every little thing, is gonna be alright. -Bob Marley


What I see America as
                                  I see America as the people working
               I see Blacks, whites, Asians, and many more united as one
                            I see people in poverty, begging for food
                          I see middle class people trying to help them
                                  I see the upper class shopping
                       People are laughing as they too realize that their are       
                                    people out there like me and you
                                   or maybe they heard a funny joke
                   You can realize with the tears in my eyes I’m finally noticing
                  how life works
             I watch as an old couple walk down the street holding hands
                                              thinking to myself,
              ”How perfectly happy they are and how I wish that was me.”
I observe everything around me and realize that their are happy people and                                                                                                        
                                     there are some sad people
          I notice that there are many busy people rushing on by
                They are rushing to get to work or maybe they are on break
rushing on home
We drive by a church, I see two woman as happy as children on christmas day
I hear people laughing and clapping in a good way and it makes me feel at     ease,  We finally stop, my hands are clenched together and I realize,
           “ What a  beautiful world it is!!!”
     There are rainy days, that makes you feel tired and drowsy
       There are sunny days, that makes you feel crazy happy
Life is like a roller coaster,
      You have some ups,and downs
   some twists and turns
     But it will all come to an end soon
                      I hear the church bells, the sound makes me feel
       good
                           I hear police, maybe someone broke the law
                   I listen as the radio changes into an emergency warning
                   I pick-up everything about the house that caught on fire
             between the bits of static that comes in and out through the radio
                              I feel as if I could’ve helped somehow


The author's comments:

I did this for a E.L.A school assignment and it was awesome. My teacher thought that I should post it on this site and try to get it published and stuff. It was so cool, becuase i didnt actaully think that I was any good at poetry


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