Early on a rainy winter day,
A newborn baby is placed in his mother's waiting arms.
Two floors down, a young woman is rushed to the ER -
With such critical injuries, the doctors don't know if she'll survive the night.
Five miles away, a depressed teenager takes his young life -
His parents in the next room, filling their veins with heroin for the billionth time.
Seven blocks uptown, a scared 16-year-old girl confides in her mom -
The grandmother-to-be cries and holds her daughter lovingly.
Standing on the steps of her new high school,
A girl takes a deep breath and hopes this will be the last move.
Just blocks from his best friend's house,
A drunk 17-year-old crashes his truck, killing them and a girl walking on the sidewalk.
Friends since preschool, two girls sit and cry -
One just found out she has a tumor and has less than a year left.
Back at the hospital for the 30th time that year,
A mother of six discovers her lung cancer has gone into remission - saving her life.
Life is complicated, it's full of ups and downs,
Full of hard times and times to celebrate.
There is good and bad to everything, and a white to every black.
So stay strong and keep going, because there's always light in the darkness.
Please tell me what you think
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Very good! I do like this poem a lot. I do believe you should brighten up the font color a bit. It is hard to read your poems. I do not know if it is just my computer or what.
Life is hard. The road is long. As long as we keep trying we will be able to overcome many things. it is when we stop hoping that we lose our way.
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This almost made me cry, in all honesty. Although it doesn't have an enchanting rhyme scheme or flow, the words are powerful. Great write, good luck in the contest.
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Wake the Dead
this poem is very good...showing that all this interlock inmore ways than we thinx...good luck in the contest poet...
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I love this naha it's awesome. Your writes are great hun
I hope to see more. good luck in the contest hunny this is your strongest subject to write about in my eyes.
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What wonderful philsophy on life and the in's and out's of life. Just an excellent write. I could picture every line. Good luck in the contest
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