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The Harsh Reality

April 17, 2015
By RyeRyeBread SILVER, Florence, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"Insanity is only a matter of perspective." -me one time/ unknown

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Footprints in the sand

trail down

hand in hand

Waves call to the 

moon

But crash onto

the land

Where the trees 

grow tall

And the grasses

green

Before we

chopped them

down

© Elana N., Marblehead, MA

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