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Ceinwyn
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0 posted 2002-08-18 06:26 PM


Listen im not a selfish person but I can only take stuff to an extent..cannot stand ppl who are woe is me..life isn't going all that great all I can say it can be worse...

Think you've got
Problems
When you come home at night
Alone, crying
When someone out there
Is dying
In a choke hold
In a loving home
Child gone mad
Trying to run out that window
Think you've got
Problems
When you don't have a job
Or you're friends don't give you
The time of day
When a mother
Can not breathe
Her son on a rampage
Father trying to save her
As the police come knocking on the door
Think you've got problems!?
It can only get worse
Trust me...
So next time
You want to feel selfish
Think of whats going on around you
In the background
You'll get over it...


© Copyright 2002 Kristen Brandon - All Rights Reserved
Madame Chipmunk
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1 posted 2002-08-18 06:29 PM


Amen to that, Kristin....
thanks for sharing.
~ chipmunk hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled"  Gwendolyn Brooks

Seymour Tabin
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2 posted 2002-08-18 06:32 PM


Ceinwyn
When your right your right.

Enchantress
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Canada eh.
3 posted 2002-08-18 06:37 PM


How very very true!!
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
  So you won't ever forget me ~

Paul Wilson
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4 posted 2002-08-18 07:29 PM


I thank my savior everyday for what I have,
because I know it could be so much worse.
Thanks for writting this... Paul

Mistletoe Angel
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5 posted 2002-08-18 11:49 PM




(big hugggsssssss) Oh Kristen, this is so very true, while I have felt pain, I know mine is very modest compared to the true sorrows of the world! (sigh) You speak of such a great truth and my dream is to do the best I can to help those who truly need our love! This is sadly powerful, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kristen, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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6 posted 2002-08-19 04:58 AM


yes, there are a lot of people who are worse off than me...and a lot of them who are better off than me. I am alive, that's good. Nice poem, makes one think about other people's battles.
Goodknight
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since 2002-06-15
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7 posted 2002-08-19 09:23 AM


your words are right on
we can all hear your song
yet when going through an ordeal
doesn't it often feel
like you are the only one
thanks for a poem to remind us that life has its problems but we are not the only ones going through them.  Good Poetry - Paul

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