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The World Keeps On Changing

THE WORLD KEEPS ON CHANGING THE WORLD KEEPS ON CHANGING NONE STOP PLANNING STILL JUMPING AND SHOWING WE KEEP ON GETTING UP AND DOING MAKING IT THROUGH THE DAY WINNING OR ARE WE SETTING HERE LOOSING WE’VE GONE FROM WHITE TO BLACK AS NIGHT WOMEN OR STILL FIGHTING WHO’S WRONG TRYING TO GET OUR LEFT OUT QUIETING OUR PAIN AND STILL HIDING THE RIGHT SO WHEN YOU GO FROM WHITE TO BLACK AND HIT MAN KIND LIKE THAT THE WORLD IS FULL OF COLORS NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE WHATS A COLOR TO ME WE ARE EACH A STAR JUST TAKE THE TIME TO BELIEVE AFTER ALL YOU ARE SOMEONE LIKE ME RED, WHITE, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT BLUE YET YOU AS PEOPLE STILL KNOWING WHAT TO DO ARE WE WORKING TOGETHER OR ARE WE LOOSING ONE ANOTHER AS WE TRY TO GET UP HIGH IN TO THIS WORLD WE WERE BORN BY JUST A GIRL WHY IS THEIR A SUCH THING CALL WAR FIGHTING HARD TO GET THERE IN A TRUCK NOT CAR YET I CARE THE NEW KIDS IN A TAXI MAMA VAN YES WE ARE LIKE ANIMALS SOME WHAT WILD BUT DON’T YOU LOVE OUR SMILES IT’S TIME TO COME HOME TO SWEET HOME STOP HURTING AND BEING ALONE YES YOU CAN MAKE IT HARD ON YOUR OWN YOU NEED TO CARE ABOUT THE UNKNOWN GOING WAY OUT INTO SPACE DO WE STILL HAVE PLANS FOR THE HUMAN RACE I’M NOT GOING TO REACH OUT AND STOP I’M HERE TO STAND TALL AND TAKE THAT VERY SMALL SHOT THE WORLD KEEPS ON CHANGING I’M STILL HERE JUST PLANNING BY: SHAWN JONES 03/13/09

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Date: 8/22/2010 7:58:00 PM
thank you Shawn
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Date: 8/22/2010 7:47:00 PM
Welcome to poetry soup Shawn, enoyed reading this poem today and hope you have much inspiration to write your talent for us here at poetry soup.
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