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I Smile (even when it hurts)
Every day we are given so many blessings from God. We are so caught up in what we want instead of what we have, that we not only overlook...
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Hovering Fear
I look into the mirror and see a shadow hovering over me. I turn around to check but it was gone already. Back and forth I look at the...
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Sinking Sand
It's Christmas eve, but all that seems to be. Everyone sleeps while I silently weep, Wondering what it is that my tears reap. Sleepless...
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Choices
Choices are just illusions Tricking us into believing we have some control over the worlds we live in. What fools we are to think that we...
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Power Falls
The magnificence of a waterfall puts even the most tranquil rain to shame. To hear the powerful roar of the water pounding down, Can make...
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Jungle Hospitality
Wide awake and all alone, Sitting in darkness outside someone else’s home. So many blessings day after day, But today was harder than...
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Oppressed Strength
Ever since the day I decided to chase my dream, it's as if the world has turned on me. To live somewhere else is unheard of in this...
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Overcome The World
The dam broke again, The water floods my whole world. My life is what most aim for, The best of what this life has to offer; But why? Why...
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Miserable Comfort
I watch as they walk content in this place as if life hasn't been sucked out of them with every step they take. Miserable comfort,...
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Chess Master
Brainwashed by the system, never knowing whats right. Always taught by the schools to give in and not fight. Pledging allegiance to a...