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Today

March 13, 2014
By Katgirl SILVER, Fruitland, Idaho
Katgirl SILVER, Fruitland, Idaho
8 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
You'll never catch it if you never let go


Today, we’re all Dauntless.
We're all being brave
Clothed in black
and mourning
even if the death was
unidentifiable to your
heart and eyes
It still hurts and
We all can feel the grief
amidst the air
it changes us
it changes the
soft hearted
cold blooded
heart that
stones us
it changes today
so we put on our faces,
and we stand and look up.
Refusing to look down
Can you cheat death?
How many times does this have to happen here?
How many times does one life
have to be thrown into a different
place away from the people who care?
The only answer is to be awake
We now know how precious
Life is
We’re ready for now
for whatever is to come


The author's comments:
A junior in my school, Ryan Rule, was killed in a car accident last weekend. i never knew him, but when somethinf like this happens you can feel the sadness heavily waying. This poem contributes to all of us who are greiving and are at lost. I hope to describe the love and bravery we all have-even the schools around us are supportive. I just want to express this much.

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on May. 15 2014 at 10:18 am
NostradamusClaims, New Delhi, Other
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Favorite Quote:
out beyond ideas of right doing and wrong doing
there is a field
i'll meet you there
-Rumi

that is exactly what i felt about it!!!!! and same favourite lines!! :)

on May. 1 2014 at 9:10 pm
Love2Read72 PLATINUM, Kentfield, California
24 articles 0 photos 105 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life isn’t about how to survive the storm, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” — Taylor Swift

You're poems are so much more meaningful and real than so many others I have read. I love the first few lines, "Today, we're all Dauntless./We're all being brave/Clothed in black/and mourning" I like how you relate mourning to being brave.

Katgirl SILVER said...
on Apr. 3 2014 at 5:01 pm
Katgirl SILVER, Fruitland, Idaho
8 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
You'll never catch it if you never let go

yea, I never personally new him, but you could feel the dramatic change of everyone. I'm sorry you had to go through this.

on Mar. 20 2014 at 4:59 pm
WinterRose76 SILVER, Ok., Florida
6 articles 6 photos 183 comments

Favorite Quote:
Arise and be all that you dream - Flyleaf

Wow...this is so emotionally deep. It's tragic when someone's life comes to an abrupt end. Especially if they are young. Unfortunately I can relate.