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Silent Nation

Silent thoughts, silent shots Silent screams, silent tears Silent thoughts, but many hurt. Everyday...one by one, lives leave earth left from right. Some old, some white, most black, and little of everyone else. People walk around saying "Gone but never forgotten" or is it more of "why? why did they take you away?" Everyday..there is at least one black teen who life is taken away from them. Many wanted to make it in life but was stopped by a bullet, a gang, a different race, the same race, even "friends. Everyday...everyday we watch our cops kill our young, intelligent people with NO hesitation and NO concern. Everyday..people walk around screaming "black lives matter"..Do they realize the black on black crime that happens everyday? Everyday..silent tears of families who walk into churches just to see the love ones whom is now in a peaceful nation. Everyday...someone is screaming, silently. Screaming the pain away that she or he had to face in the past Everyday... someone is silently crying and silently thinking about the abuse that they never asked help that was available to help prevent. Everyday...someone watches a citizen get shot and constantly hears that gun shot silently going off in their head over and over again. If black lives really matter...why aren't we doing anything noticeable to keep our black people or anybody on this earth? Think on it and try and help our nation.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 2/8/2015 3:37:00 PM
JALEIAH, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun in this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST in hopes it inspires you in some way. I will enjoy following you and your poetry:) This is a great way to start the New Year. Lucky Us, To Have you. Enjoy 2015, with New Poet Friends! @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 2/8/2015 2:56:00 PM
Jaleiah, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 2/3/2015 4:12:00 AM
- I want to welcome you to P- Soup, Jaleiah - The friendly words that written today can bear fruit tomorrow - Looking forward to read more poems from you in the future :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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