7 Billion

There are 7 billion people on Earth.
If I was not here, there would be less than 7 billion people. 
One less student
One less poet
One less thought
One less body
One less mind
One less idea that could revolutionize the world. 
That doesn't matter to anybody. 
7 billion is just seen as a number
A statistic
It is reduced and added upon each day
What no one knows is that each number is different. 
Different bodies
Different minds
Different thoughts
Different opinions that could change the way we see life. 
Numbers never end. 
Imagine the different possibilities. 
If you just look deep enough, 
You will see that 7 billion is not a number. 
It is life. 

-Ariana Kulikov 2016
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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March 27, 2016 at 10:15 AM
Good one!
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