Shelby K• Show poetry

I have gone through life basically being ridiculed for who I am. I have always been overweight and nobody ever let me forget that. I had a few friends when I was younger but it never lasted. Sooner or later everyone who called themselves my friends stabbed me in the back one way or the other.

I admit I have had my share of problems. I have suffered through depression and almost ended my life because of it but I have been doing everything possible to make my life better and change the way I feel about myself. Really the only thing that has really kept me going and kept me from going insane is my love for God. It is through God that I have learned to follow my heart and believe in myself.

Poetry is basically my life. If im sad, i write a poem about it. if im i love, a write a poem about it. i feel tha poetry holds my life together. by writing out my feelings i have been able to think things over before i did something stupid. im hoping that the poems i have written inspire others and help them to overcome their problems and believe in themselves. Maybe my mistakes in life will help them to realise their own before it is too late.

THE POWER OF LOVE

BY HELEN STEINER RICE



THERE IS NO THINKING PERSON
WHO CAN STAND UNTOUCHED TODAY
AND VIEW THE WORLD AROUND US
DRIFTING DOWNWARD TO DECAY
WITHOUT FEELING DEEP WITHIN THEM
A SILENT UNNAMED DREAD,
WONDERING HOW TO STEM THE CHAOS
THAT LIES FRIGHTFULLY AHEAD...
BUT THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING
CANNOT HUMANLY BE SOLVED
FOR OUR DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY
ONLY GETS US MORE INVOLVED
AND OUR SKILLFUL INGENUITY,
OUR TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
CAN NEVER CHANGE A SINFUL HEART
FILLED WITH HATRED AND DEFIANCE...
SO OUR PROBLEMS KEEP ON GROWING
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
AS MAN VAINLY TRIES TO SOLVE THEM
IN HIS OWN SELF-WILLFUL WAY...
BUT MAN IS POWERLESS ALONE
TO CLEAN UP THE WORLD OUTSIDE
UNTIL HIS OWN POLLUTED SOUL
IS CLEAN AND FREE INSIDE...
FOR THE AMAZING POWER OF LOVE
IS BEYOND ALL COMPREHENSION
AND IT ALONE CAN HEAL THIS WORLD
OF ITS HATRED AND DISSENSION.


one of my favorite poems is im nobody who are you by emily dickenson. it goes like this:

im nobody who are you
are you nobody too?
then theres a pair of us dont tell
they'd banish us you know

how dreary to be somebody
how public like a frog
to tell your name the livelong june
to an admiring bog

this poem reminds me of my life. ive gone through life being a nobody. eveybody laughs at me for who i am. this poem is trying to tell people that you are ridiculed for being differant.

another one of my favorite poems is because i could not stop for death, also by emily dickinson.

because i could not stop for death
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

We passed the school where children played
At wrestling in a ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

Since then ’t is centuries; but each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses’ heads
Were toward eternity.

i dont know why i like this poem so much i just do. i first heard this poem in seventh grade and i have loved it ever since. im often told that i am morbid because of it. people seem to think that just because you enjoy reading poems about death, theres got to be something wrong with you. you tell someone your favorite poets are emily dickinson and edgar allen poe, they act like your a freak.

well, i hope that everyone enjoys the poems that i post. hopefully you all get as much out of reading them as i got out of writing them.

HATE EMO?

READ THIS:

Isn't it funny that when you go to the shops with your friends you look down at the girl with black jeans and studs but smile at the girl wearing a a mini with a t-shirt that barely cover anything?

Isn't it funny you can change your music taste to impress a guy but when it comes to a girl who likes her own music and her own style, you give her a mouthful?

Isn't it funny that a guy can get away with being a gangsta but the emo gets a mouthful from everyone

Are you laughing?

Isn't it funny an emo can be quiet all through the week but gets more from everyone than the girl who sleeps around and sells her virginity?

Isn't it funny that you don't mind your friends drinking, smoking but the minute someone mentions emo music you can give them a lecture on melodramatic teenage outcasts?

I'm not laughing

Its so funny that you and your friends can make a girl's life hell and not know anything about the silent battle she might be fighting.

Isn't it funny that you can call emos, punks, goths the retards but still manage to get through your day without an inch of guilt in your heart.

HOW YOU CAN CALL A GIRL A POSER, HOW CAN YOU SAY "YOUR NOT EMO" OR "ATTENTION SEEKER" WITHOUT SPENDING A SECOND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THERE ARE CUTS ON HER WRISTS AND WHY SHE SPENDS HER LUNCHTIMES CRYING INSTEAD OR LAUGHING WITH HER FRIENDS

keep on laughing




Isn't it funny you can say and do all this without any idea of what is going on in this persons life without knowing her situation with her friends or her family or her LIFE

BRAVE ISN'T GOING UP ON STAGE AND STRIPPING

BRAVE IS NOT SAYING A SPEECH

OR DUMPING YOUR BOYFRIEND

BRAVE IS

GOING TO SCHOOL ON MUFTI DAY AND NOT FOR A SECOND CARE WHAT THE S AROUND YOU ARE SAYING ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES

ITS LISTENING TO YOUR OWN MUSIC AND BEING PROUD OF IT

ITS GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY WITH THE THINGS PEOPLE SAY TO YOUR FACE AND BEHIND YOUR BACK AND YOU STILL KEEP QUIET

ITS KNOWING WHAT YOUR "FRIENDS" ARE SAYING ABOUT YOU AND STILL CALLING THEM YOUR FRIENDS

BRAVE IS KNOWING THAT TOMMOROW ISN'T A BRIGHT AND HAPPY FUTURE

ITS ANOTHER DAY OF ING AND DODGING RUMORS

keep on laughing
if you agree put this on ur blog
and advise others to do so
screw THE EMO HATERS.

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
Woodrow Wilson

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Girl facts:

When you catch a girl
glancing at you,
she wants you to look
back and smile

When a girl bumps into your arm
while walking with you
she wants
you to hold her hand

When she wants a hug
she will just stand there

When u break a girls heart
she still feels it when
you run into each other 3 years later

When a girl is quiet,
millions of things are running through her
mind

When a girl is not arguing,
she is thinking deeply

When a girl looks at you with eyes full of
questions,
she is wondering how long you will be
around

When a girl answers, "I'm fine," after a
few seconds,
she is not at all fine

When a girl stares at you,
she is wondering why you are playing games

When a girl lays her head on your chest,
she is wishing for you to be hers forever

When a girl says she can't live
without you,
she has made up her mind that you are
her future

When a girl says, "I miss you,"
no one in this world can miss you more
than that

When a girl is mean to you after a break-up
she wants you back, but shes
scared she'll get hurt and knows
you're gone forever


Guy Facts:

When a guy calls you,
he wants to be with you

When a guy is quiet,
He's listening to you...

When a guy is not arguing,
He realizes he's wrong

When a guy says, "I'm fine." after a few
minutes
he means it

When a guy stares at you,
he wishes you would care about him and
wonders if you do

When your laying your head on a guy's
chest,
he has the world

When a guy calls/texts/comments/messages you everyday,
he is in love(really)

When a (good) guy tells you he loves you,
he means it

When a guy says he can't live without you,
he's with you til your done

When a guy says, "I miss you,"
he misses you more than you could have
ever missed him or anything else and he is going crazy without you


>>A girl and a guy were speeding over 100 mph on the road on a
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>>motorcycle…
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>>Girl: Slow down, I’m scared.
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>>Guy: No, this is fun.
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>>Girl: No it’s not. Please it’s too scary!
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>>Guy: Then tell me you love me.
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>>Girl: Fine I love you. Slow down!
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>>Guy: Now give me a BIG hug. (Girl hugs him)
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>>Guy: Can you take my
>>helmet off and put it on yourself? It’s
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>>bugging me.
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>>In the paper the next day: A motorcycle had crashed into a building
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>>because of brake failure. Two people were on it, but only 1 had
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>>survived.
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>>The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his
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>>brakes broke, but he didn’t want to let the girl know. Instead, he
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>>had her say she loved him and felt her hug one last time, and then
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>>he had her wear his helmet so that she would live even though it
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>>meant that he would die. If u love any one this
>>much…let them
>>
>>know…before it’s too late… I love you 4 ever…..and always 2
>>
>>the end….i cant live without ya….b-cuz ur my friend…..


She was only five
This is what happened
When she was alive…

Her dad was a drunk
Her mom was an addict
Her parents kept her
Locked in an attic

Her only friend
was a little toy bear
It was old and worn out
And had patches of hair

She always talked to it
When no one’s around
She lays there and hugs it
Not a peep of sound

Until her parents
unlock the door
Some more and more pain
She’ll have to endore

A bruise on her leg
A scar on her face
Why would she be
In such a horrible place?

But she grabs her bear
And softly crys
She loves her parents
But they want her to die

She sits in the corner
Quiet but thinking,
“Please God, why is
My life always sinking? ”

Such a bad life
For a sad little kid
She’d get beaten and beaten
For anything she did

Then one night
Her mom came home high
And the poor child was beaten
As hours went by

Then her mom suddenly
Grabbed for a blade
It was sharp and pointy
One that she made

She thrusted the blade
Right in her chest,
“You deserve to die
You worthless pest!”

The mom walked out
Leaving the girl slowly dieing
She grabbed her bear
And again started crying

Police showed up
At the small little house
Then quickly barged in
Everything quiet as a mouse

One officer slowly
Opened a door
To find the little girl
Lieing on the floor

It must have been bad
To go through so much harm
But at least she died
With her best friend in her arms

A child dies every day from child abuse. And if you have an ounce of pity in you for little Auroura and you hate child abuse with a passion you will repost this and help out those abused children and let them know that someone cared for them. It doesn’t take that long only about 10 seconds so please just do it

Two Reasons Why It's So Hard To Solve A Redneck Murder
1. All the DNA is the same.
2. There are no dental records.


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put this on your page if you think
>>>>>>>ITS OKAY TO CRY<<<<<<<<


[x] You have a boyfriend/girlfriend.
[x] You have your own room.
[ ] You own a cell phone.
[x] You have a mp3 player or ipod.
[x] Your parents are still married.
[x] You love your family.
[_] There is a pool/spa in your backyard.
T 0 T A L: 5

[x] You dress the way you want to.
[_] You hang out with friends more than once a week.
[_] There is a computer/ laptop in your room.
[x] You have never been beaten up
[x] You are allowed to listen to the music you want to.
[x] Your room is big enough for you
[x] People don't use you for something you have.
[x] You have been to the movies.
T 0 T A L: 11

[_] You have over 500 friends on facebook [[though i have more 'friends' on facebook than I do in real life...]]
[_] You have pictures on facebook
[x] Your parents let you have a facebook
[_] You get allowance
[x] You collect something normal.
[x] You look forward to going to college
[_] You don't wish you were someone else.
[x] You play a sport.
[x] You want to do something after school.
T 0 T A L: 16

[_] You own a car/truck.
[x] You usually don't fight with your parents.
[x] You have never got a failing grade on a report card in your life
[x] You have friends.
[x] You never got a detention
T O T A L: 20

[x] You know what is going on in the world.
[_] You are happy with your life.
[_] You usually aren't sick.
[x] You know more than one language.
[x] You have a screen name.
[x] You own a pet.
[_] You know the words to more than 5 songs.
[_] You don't have any enemies.
T O T A L: 24

Total over all: 24

Multiply by 3= 72%

101%+: A+
90-100%: A
80-89%: B
70-79%: C
60-69%: D
00-59%: F

i guess i am a c. not the best but oh well. lol


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If you would jump in front of a bullet for your girlfriend, boyfriend,
ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, best friend, family member, or just a
person you love, repost this onto your page

92% of teens have moved onto rap if you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music then put this on your page

92% of American teen today would die if Abercrombie&Fitch said it wasnt cool to breathe any more.
if you are part of the 8% that would be laughing there butts off put this on your



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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~F ucked up~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I nsecure~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~N eurotic~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E motional~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


I'm EMO, so I MUST cut my wrists.
I'm BLACK, so I MUST carry a gun.
I'm HISPANIC, so I MUST be dirty.
I'm ASIAN, so I MUST be smart.
I'm JEWISH, so I MUST be greedy.
I'm GAY, so I MUST have AIDS.
I'm a LESBIAN, so I MUST have a sex-tape.
I'm ARAB, so I MUST be a terrorist.
I'm OVERWEIGHT, so I MUST have a problem with self control
I'm RELIGIOUS, so I MUST shove my beliefs down your throat.
I'm an ATHEIST, so I MUST hate the world.
I DON'T HAVE A RELIGION, so I MUST not have morals.
I'm ANOREXIC, so I MUST be vain.
I'm REPUBLICAN, so I MUST not care about poor people.
I'm DEMOCRAT, so I MUST not believe in being responsible.
I'm JAMICAN so I must smoke weed.
I am LIBERAL, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SOUTHERN, so I MUST be white trash.
I TAKE ANTI-DEPRESSANTS, so I MUST be crazy.
I'm a GUY, so I MUST only want to get into your pants.
I'm IRISH, so I MUST have a bad drinking problem.
I'm INDIAN, so I MUST own a convenient store.
I'm NATIVE AMERICAN, so I MUST dance around a fire screaming like a savage
I'm PREPPY, so I MUST shun those who don't wear Abercrombie & Hollister.
I'm a PUNK, so I MUST do drugs.
I'm YOUNG, so I MUST be naive.
I'm RICH, so I MUST be a conceited snob.
I WEAR BLACK, so I MUST be a goth.
I'm BLONDE, so I MUST be a stupid ditz.
I'm a WHITE GIRL, so I MUST be a nagging, steal-your-money kind of girlfriend.
I'm CUBAN, so I MUST spend my spare time rolling cigars.
I'm MEXICAN, so I MUST have hopped the border.
I'm POLISH, so I MUST wear my socks with my sandals.
I GOT A CAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY, so I MUST be a spoiled brat.
I HAVE STRAIGHT A'S, so I MUST have no social life
I DYE MY HAIR CRAZY COLORS, so I MUST be looking for attention.
I DRESS IN UNUSUAL WAYS so I MUST be looking for attention.
I'm INTO THEATER ART, so I MUST be a homosexual.
I'm a VEGETARIAN, so I MUST be a crazy political activist.
I'm COLOMBIAN, so I MUST be a drug dealer.
I WEAR WHAT I WANT, so I MUST be a poser.
I'm RUSSIAN, so I MUST be cool.
I'm GERMAN, so I MUST be a Nazi.
I hang out with GAYS, so I MUST be GAY TOO
I'm BRAZILIAN, so I MUST have a BIG BUTT.
I'm PUERTO RICAN, so I MUST look good and be conceited.
I'm SALVADORIAN, so I MUST be in MS 13.
I'm HAWAIIAN, so I MUST be lazy.
I'm a STONER, so I MUST be going in the wrong direction.
I'm a FEMALE GAMER, so I MUST be ugly or crazy.
I'm BI, so I MUST think every person I see is hot.
I'm a GUY CHEERLEADER, so I MUST be gay.
I'm SKINNY, so I MUST be anorexic.
I'm PREP, so I MUST be rich.
I don't FLIRT WITH GUYS AT SCHOOL so I MUST be gay.
I don't like the SUN so I MUST be albino.
I have a lot of FRIENDS, so I MUST love to drink and party.
I wear tight PANTS and I'm a guy, so I MUST be emo.
I wear BOY'S CLOTHES so I MUST be a lesbian.
I'm POSTING THIS so I MUST be a groupie.
~~~Put this on your profile if your sick of stereotypes~~~


I’m not a bitch . . . I just like being rude.
I'm not a sinner . . .I just cant do anything right.
I'm not depressed . . I'm just always sad.
I'm not crying . . .My eyes are just full of tears.
I’m not living . . .I just keep breathing.
I'm not a thief . . .I just take what I need.
I'm not a slut . . .I just embrace my sexuality.
I'm not stupid . . .I just don’t get it.
I’m not trying . . .I’ve already given up.
I'm not weird . . . I'm just different.
I'm not a rebel . . .I just don’t take orders.
I'm not worthless . . .I just don’t know my value.
I'm not a believer . . .I’ve already lost hope.
I'm not a fuck up . . .I just make mistakes.
I'm not beautiful . . .Its only skin deep.
I'm not emotional . . .I just have a lot of feelings.
I'm not a cutter . . .I just found a way to get rid of pain.
I'm not immature . . .I'm just growing up.
I'm not a quitter . . .I just stop and re-think.
I'm not laughing . . .I need to smile first.+.
I'm not impulsive . . .I just act before I think.
I'm not obsessed . . .I'm just in love.
I'm not perfect . . .I don’t want to be.
I'm not ignoring . . .I just choose not to listen.
I'm not a gossip . . .I have my own life.
I'm not pessimistic . . .I just don’t get my hopes up.
I'm not impatient . . .I just don’t like to wait.
I'm not happy . . .I do have sparks of joy.
I'm not tough . . .I just don’t take shit.
I'm not clingy . . .I just wanna be held.
I'm not opinionated . . .I just voice what I think.
I'm not questioning . . .I just have my doubts.
I'm not hiding . . .I just want to disappear.


ABORTION IS MURDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A baby cries for its first and last time when its aborted.
You can deny it, but its true
A baby is a liveing thing
Abortion is a form of child abuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REPOST THIS IF U THINK ABORTION IS WRONG!!
Abortion is Wrong!!

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ABORTION IS MURDER!!!!!
A baby cries for it's first and last time
when it's aborted.
You can deny it,but it's true a baby is a living thing.abortion is a form of child abuse!!! repost this if u think abortion is wrong.


Month one
Mommy,I am only 8 inches long but I have all my organs. I love the sound of your vosice. everytime I hear it, I wave
my arms and legs. the sound of your
heart beat is my favorite lullaby.

Month two
mommy today I learned how to suck my thumb. if you could see me, you could
definitely tell that i'm a baby. I'm not
big enough to surive outside my home though. it is so nice and warm in here.

Month three
you know what mommy? I'm a girl!! I
hope that makes you happy. I always want you to be happy. I don't like it when you cry. you sound so sad. it
makes me sad too, and I cry with you
even though you can't hear me.

Month four
mommy my hair is starting to grow. it is very short and fine, but I will have alot of it. I spend alot of my time exercising. I can turn my head and curl my fingers
and toes,and stretch my arms and legs.I am becoming quite good at it too.

Month five
you went to the doctor today. mommy, he lied to you.he said that I'm not a baby.I am a baby mommy, your baby. I think and feel.mommy,what's abortion?

Month six
I can hear that doctor again.I don't like
him. he seems cold and heartless.something is intruding my home. the doctor called it a needle.
mommy what is it? it burns!!!! please
make him stop!!! I can't get away from it!!! mommy HELP ME!!! no.....

Month seven
mommy....I'm not ok. I'm dead, how
could you be so mean? why dident you want me mommy?
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****!!!***BEFORE YOU IGNORE THIS EVENT OR CLICK NOT ATTENDING, PLEASE READ ON...
***to all of those who keep posting "what is this?" first read on...

To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

To Write Love On Her Arms Day is a day where anyone can write the words love on their arms, to support those who are fighting against depression and those who are trying to recovering.

The vision is that we actually believe these things…

You were created to love and be loved. You were meant to live life in relationship with other people, to know and be known. You need to know that your story is important and that you're part of a bigger story. You need to know that your life matters.

We live in a difficult world, a broken world. My friend Byron is very smart - he says that life is hard for most people most of the time. We believe that everyone can relate to pain, that all of us live with questions, and all of us get stuck in moments. You need to know that you're not alone in the places you feel stuck.

We all wake to the human condition. We wake to mystery and beauty but also to tragedy and loss. Millions of people live with problems of pain. Millions of homes are filled with questions – moments and seasons and cycles that come as thieves and aim to stay. We know that pain is very real. It is our privilege to suggest that hope is real, and that help is real.

You need to know that rescue is possible, that freedom is possible, that God is still in the business of redemption. We're seeing it happen. We're seeing lives change as people get the help they need. People sitting across from a counselor for the first time. People stepping into treatment. In desperate moments, people calling a suicide hotline. We know that the first step to recovery is the hardest to take. We want to say here that it's worth it, that your life is worth fighting for, that it's possible to change.

Beyond treatment, we believe that community is essential, that people need other people, that we were never meant to do life alone.

The vision is that community and hope and help would replace secrets and silence.

The vision is people putting down guns and blades and bottles.

The vision is that we can reduce the suicide rate in America and around the world.

The vision is that we would learn what it means to love our friends, and that we would love ourselves enough to get the help we need.

The vision is better endings. The vision is the restoration of broken families and broken relationships. The vision is people finding life, finding freedom, finding love. The vision is graduation, a Super Bowl, a wedding, a child, a sunrise. The vision is people becoming incredible parents, people breaking cycles, making change.

The vision is the possibility that your best days are ahead.

The vision is the possibility that we're more loved than we'll ever know.

The vision is hope, and hope is real.

You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.



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feel free to upload pictures of love written on your arms on November 13th!

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there were over 500,000 people who attended to write love on her arms day last year, lets aim for over 1 million people


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