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The Boston Marathon Tragedy

April 15, 2013
By beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
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beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
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I hate that sick feeling when there’s tragedy in the air,

When the country’s a crying sky and there are cities in a scare.

The bond between neighbors becomes a little tighter,

But the burden the families hold is anything but lighter.

The lives of the innocent are consumed, gone, and finished,

Yet their memory and strength wouldn’t dare to be diminished.

© Allison S., Eau Claire, WI

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This is written for the lives lost and those injured in The Boston Marathon Tragedy.
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beccalynn1663 GOLD said...
on Apr. 30 2013 at 4:44 pm
beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
14 articles 2 photos 41 comments

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Let your smile change the world. Don't let the world change your smile.

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thank you:)
PoetLaureate274 PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 28 2013 at 6:12 pm
PoetLaureate274 PLATINUM, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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"You have not even begun to scratch the surface of how important your life means to not only me, [y]our friends and [y]our family, but your life, which is a gift for the world that is waiting for you." - Brent Smith.

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deep, short, and to the point. a perfect cap of what these tragedies bring to the families and not only to them, but to the country itself. 5/5
beccalynn1663 GOLD said...
on Apr. 28 2013 at 5:07 pm
beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
14 articles 2 photos 41 comments

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Let your smile change the world. Don't let the world change your smile.

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thanks so much!!
beccalynn1663 GOLD said...
on Apr. 28 2013 at 5:07 pm
beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
14 articles 2 photos 41 comments

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Let your smile change the world. Don't let the world change your smile.

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of course!
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 27 2013 at 8:38 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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@beccalyn1663 yup yup! check out some of mine??
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 27 2013 at 8:36 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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It is better to write for yourself and have no audience than write for your audience and have no self.

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Yup yup! check out some of mine??
Fallen_ PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 26 2013 at 4:10 pm
Fallen_ PLATINUM, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
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" a shattered world is only an opening into a new beginning with laughs, smiles, and love all around enter the world of the light and away from the broken darkness"

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deep and sad but amazing love it!
beccalynn1663 GOLD said...
on Apr. 26 2013 at 4:00 pm
beccalynn1663 GOLD, West Milford, New Jersey
14 articles 2 photos 41 comments

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Let your smile change the world. Don't let the world change your smile.

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aw thank youu:)
sarah98 BRONZE said...
on Apr. 25 2013 at 8:55 pm
sarah98 BRONZE, Holyoke, Massachusetts
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so sad! i love this piece