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Growing Pride

February 4, 2012
By doctor_fearless PLATINUM, Festus, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"It is always the right time to do what is right."

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Yet another tradgity
Are we still beating?
We've fallen
A cry for help;
Can I?
Has the wound healed?
Can you speak?
When can you start again?
Or have they unplugged your respirator?
Why... Such a person... Would...?
So many questions, none ever answered
Now, in your death bed, you lay
Slow steady head,
Burning out
And to that last breath,
You continued our growing pride

© Lauren B., Highland Village, TX

The author's comments:
I got this idea after reading "Oh Captain! My Captain!" By Walt Whitman. You should read it, it's one of my favorites now! :D
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