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They Can Make a Difference

Up the mountain, I saw these kids, Walking down and passing the crooked hills… They were in colored shirts and checkered shorts, With pencils inserted on top of their ears, It’s like how you used to see in most Engineers… Their books and papers are on top of their head, Covering it from a misty day as they go ahead… They have different colored slippers on their feet, It’s dirty, old and worn, it’s too big for their little feet… It seems they don’t mind what they always wear, It’s the schooling, I know is what they really go after… But one of them stared at me, as I watch them, as they pass by, My heart was shaken a bit when our eyes shamefully meet… I saw the sadness in his eyes, but he has a strong grit in his face, The strong emotion I felt from him, will definitely chase a concrete dream… I wish I was affluent enough, to provide the needs of these kids, As I feel and reckon, they could change their next generation…

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Date: 3/15/2017 5:57:00 PM
I love your inspiring poem of the children, Eiza, congratulations on your well deserved win ~*
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Date: 2/26/2017 2:19:00 PM
Captivating poetic narration dear Eiza! Excellently done! A seven!
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Date: 2/25/2017 1:17:00 PM
The reader sees them, Eiza. : )
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Eiza Evangelista
Date: 2/26/2017 3:52:00 AM
thanks ^_^
Date: 2/23/2017 5:35:00 AM
A very good poem ... beautifully poetic insight in the description ... a rivulet of empathy too ... and in the end a lovely expectation ... Nice ...
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Eiza Evangelista
Date: 2/26/2017 3:52:00 AM
Thank you! This is based on a real life situation.
Date: 2/23/2017 3:26:00 AM
- A strong "story" you are telling here - Very well written, Eiza - Big difference between poor and rich in the world ... sad - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
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Eiza Evangelista
Date: 2/26/2017 3:51:00 AM
thank you. Most children in some part of the Philippines are striving to go to school. Some of them have to pass the rivers just to go to school. ^_^

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