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April 25, 2016
By LinaBlack PLATINUM, Marshalltown, Iowa
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LinaBlack PLATINUM, Marshalltown, Iowa
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Gandhi

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I am a child struggling to be an adult

I am loyal to my friends and family to a fault

 

I love to live
I live to love

 

I’ve found that our time is short
This time until we kiss the sky above

 

I dream to live
I live in dreams

 

And most people would too
If they’d seen the same things

 

It hurts to live

I hurt it live

 

Eat or get eaten
Get beat or do the beating

 

Life is hard no big surprise

But it doesn’t help when you go up on lies

 

Mom loves Dad
Ha … only until things get bad

 

They love me
Until they don’t like what they see

 

I live in darkness
I live in light
I am the line
So all is right

© Kelly K., Fort Collins, CO

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LinaBlack PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 2 2016 at 4:23 pm
LinaBlack PLATINUM, Marshalltown, Iowa
36 articles 0 photos 11 comments

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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Gandhi

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Kool sure go ahead just say I gave u the idea
OLDSKA said...
on Aug. 31 2016 at 10:39 am
OLDSKA,
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you got talent. you know, I might make a rap with some of this.
LinaBlack PLATINUM said...
on May. 4 2016 at 1:17 pm
LinaBlack PLATINUM, Marshalltown, Iowa
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First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Gandhi

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Wow I don't know what to say XD ... Thanks, and I will
Anonymous said...
on May. 4 2016 at 10:01 am
very good !! Has a lot of feeling out into this
Nated315 DIAMOND said...
on May. 4 2016 at 9:20 am
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i love how you put this so bluntly, you put emotion and feeling in short lines... only a powerful poet can do this, and you did it! :) keep writing!!!!
LinaBlack PLATINUM said...
on May. 3 2016 at 2:29 pm
LinaBlack PLATINUM, Marshalltown, Iowa
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Yep,Thanks for the comment
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this is kind of how life works, Ive lived it long enough to understand and get around all of it if needed