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Why

October 6, 2007
By raeTo SILVER, Evanston, Illinois
raeTo SILVER, Evanston, Illinois
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i don't know what to write
> >> and i dont know what to say
> >> I tried to cling on to that bit of hope
> >
but things got in the way
> >>
> >> i can write about these notions
> >> and i act like i really see
> >> but the truth is that i'm clueless
> >> what if it was me?
> >>
> >> the family must be grieving
> >> and they must be torn apart
> >> i just don't know to think
> >> but I feel this pain inside my heart
> >>
> >> people act like life's a given
> >> but its precious if its lost
> >> happiness is payback time
> >> and i guess you were the cost
> >>
> >> i didn't know you at all before
> >> so how can i feel this pain?
> >> thunderstorms poured down on us
> >> memories washed away with rain
> >>
> >> it just seems so unfair sometimes
> >> your life went by so fast
> > appreciation of each moment
> > from your first breath to your last
> >>
> >> my problems seem so incomparable
> >> my mother starts to cry
> >> and everybody asks themselves
> >> one simple question
> >> Why?


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on Dec. 18 2011 at 12:22 pm
iAmTheStardust PLATINUM, Moon Twp., Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"The prettiest flowers grow in the biggest pile of manure."

not only do i love the way this is written and the words you used and the emotion given off, but i also love the message your sending through this. wonderful job, this is beautiful, five stars.

Schubster said...
on Aug. 10 2009 at 7:00 pm
i loved the great rhyming....and all your poems! it's so true and just....amazing is all i can really say. great work, once again.

on Aug. 5 2009 at 5:11 pm
AubreyTRieder PLATINUM, Clark, New Jersey
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this poem was fabulous! it was great! i loved the rhyme scheme and everything flowed together beautifully, even the story! keep writing beautifully like this!