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~sugarpie313~
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0 posted 2001-01-19 09:04 PM



I watch it from my window
As if it's all a dream
People are the only thing I see
Nothing is what it seems.

Babies crying, the elderly dying
No one knows what to do,
Kids shooting, couples disputing,
What will this world turn into?

Scared to go to school
Or even to their mailbox,
Afraid of what they might see
Cause someone wore the wrong socks.

Drive by's, robbery's
People can be so greedy,
No one understands what it's like
To be homeless, hungry and needy.

I watch it from my window
As if it's all a dream
People are the only thing I see
Nothing is what it seems.



*...Remember your roots, my friend they're right down below, because heroes come and heroes go...* - Creed

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luvnkris
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1 posted 2001-01-19 09:09 PM


whoa that was so wikid!!
i realli luvd it!!  
this is prolly one of favourites that i've read!
well done on this - keep it up

Luv JO
xoxoxo


* never live a second without being grateful for all you have around you*



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2 posted 2001-01-20 01:33 AM


I liked the innitial part of the poem. However, I didn't much like the flow of it. Your thoughts are in the right place though, you are completely right about the negative portrayal of what seems. I often think like this too. Good one here within the message.



I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust.

I'm in love with my shadow
I admire it daily

DancinQueen
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3 posted 2001-01-20 02:26 AM


wow~ this was good. and i for one liked the flow   keep it up

*dq


¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤

Lakewalker
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4 posted 2001-01-20 01:20 PM


I liked the flow too, and the whole poem is very good.  Great job of putting these thoughts into words !

"Disagreements stimulate thought, thought stimulates action, and action stimulates life." --Lakewalker
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Jenn Cirrincione
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5 posted 2001-01-20 01:32 PM


This world is so sad sometimes, I agree.
But, the other day I was talking to a girl who told me that all the little beautiful things in this world, in nature, and little healthy children, and other happy things just remind you that the world can be good. I know a rose bush is nothing compared to a drive-by shooting, but it's something.
Nice poem.
xoxo
Jenn


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6 posted 2001-01-21 04:49 PM


Reality is around us
it all depends whether we choose to see or be blind
Amazing thoughts sugarpie313
please do share more  

I see no changes, wake up in the morning I ask myself, "Is life worth living or should I blast myself" TUPAC SHAKUR



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7 posted 2001-01-21 05:05 PM


Yes you read poems like this and think of the meaning behind this... you realize how right the person is, and how true the idea is.  Then you wonder why anyone could belive that they are their own God.  So many people are proud of our technology and all that, but yet you look at the lives we live and you see just how pathetic of a socity howver advnaced, we are.

By the way I really liked this poem.

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