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Death in Suburbia MAG
May 24, 2009
Death in Suburbia
Snap
Crack
Thud
Whack
The sounds
Of
Murder.
Am I
The
Only
One
Who hears
Them?
So many
Young lives
Cut short,
Ended
On
A
Whim.
Beings that
Worked so
Hard to get
To where they
Were
In life.
Snipped off
When their existence
Was just starting.
Genocide.
Killing
Without compassion.
Am I
The only
One
Who cares?
Who tries
To save them
But fails?
After, I sit
In my room
Crying
About the lives
I could not win back.
And they call it gardening.
© Myra K., Somverville, NJ
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StandardToaster PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 11 2010 at 10:00 pm
hahahahhahaha! i love this! at first i was all sad becuz i thought this was about teen suicide or something but i LOVE the last line! check out my work? http ://www.teenink .com /poetry/all/article/168414/Heart-on-Fire/
hyperactivemayfly PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 4 2009 at 8:05 pm
thanx ;) my parents forced me to do yard work, so I wrote this poem in protest.
INnaturegirl said...
on Nov. 3 2009 at 8:23 pm
lol awww this is sweet.... poor dead flowers... :'(
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The truth is that at some point, everyone's going to hurt you. You just have to decide who's worth the pain.<br /> <br /> Some say having something to lose is what makes you vulnerable. I believe that having something to lose only makes you stronger.