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May 26, 2011
By Bka341997 GOLD, Bigfork, Montana
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Bka341997 GOLD, Bigfork, Montana
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take our breath away!

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Death walks the night

Freezing everything in sight

Killing the innocent and leaving the guilty

Knocking on the doors of the
sleeping

And following the wakes

Tipping the scales of survival

So Death is in favor

So sleep tonight

And pray

That Death skips your house tonight

© Paige C., Rutland, MA

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14MNKMizzu1 GOLD said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 11:30 pm
14MNKMizzu1 GOLD, Columbia, Missouri
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We dont read poetry becuase it&#039;s cute, we read poetry becuase we&#039;r part of the human race- Dead Poet&#039;s Soceity

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BEUATIFULLY WRITTEN!!!!!!! thats all i can say, keep writing i want to read more