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Trail of Tears

October 3, 2009
By halls SILVER, Harrison City, Pennsylvania
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How crule of us to steel
their land, we made them
walk all over the states
we made them walk ongoing
miles, they found illness
and fatal death, on foot
or wagon for a fearfull
year,we forced them out
on the Trail of Tears.

© Susannah B., Greenwich, CT

The author's comments:
I wrote this peice because I am part cheerokee indian wich were the ones who I was talking about, and I just love learning about them
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halls SILVER said...
on Jun. 20 2010 at 1:24 pm
halls SILVER, Harrison City, Pennsylvania
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ThaNKS THIS PIECE IS VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME
xBaByGiRrL22x PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 12 2010 at 2:05 pm
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&quot;The goal isn&#039;t to live forever, but create something that will.&quot;<br /> &quot;If you wanna go, baby let&#039;s go; if you wanna rock, I&#039;m ready to roll.&#039;&#039;<br /> &quot;No one ever said it&#039;d be easy. They just said it&#039;d be worth it.&quot; &lt;3

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o0o0o0 i really like this. especially the last 2 lines. they make it all the more strong & powerful. gr8 jobb(: