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Why Can't They See?

February 2, 2013
By TheWrittenWord BRONZE, Wilmington, Vermont
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TheWrittenWord BRONZE, Wilmington, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
‘When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”- John Lennon

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The walls were filled with color.
The hallways full of cheer.

But the sudden sound of the loudspeaker,
made the walls cry out in fear.

Teachers scream for safety.
Students cry out loud.

But the world turns its head,
and explains this terrible end.

Why can’t they see the problem?

The obvious common evil.
The peppered gunshots pop,
till someone tells them

Stop

© Michael H., Milford, CT

The author's comments:
Gunshots. Death. Tears. These are the things the world has been filled with in the last year, but yet, nothing happens to stop it. You can say you care, but you can't prove it till you act. This is a dream. A hope. But above all,this is a plea.
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