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 Sep 2014 Rae
Patricia Scali
Remember friend as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I.
As I am now, so you will be--
Prepare for Death and Follow Me.. .

Read John 3:16 and Romans 5:8
I saw this on a tombstone in Salado, Texas and have always remembered it and loved it---makes me even more aware that life is fleeting and we need to point others to their need for a Savior---Jesus Christ who was perfect and took our punishment for us.
 Sep 2014 Rae
Patrick Conroy
Tear gas and fear tactics.
Riot gear and semi-automatics.
Our military industrial complex has come home.
The government wire taps your cell phones.
Spies on you with drones.
While bully cops with billy clubs break your bones.
You know the motto:
serve master's interests,
protect master's property.
The crooked politician is today's slave owner.
Officer his overseer.
That sweet war on drug money armed them up.
Homeland Security bought the armored truck.
Nothing left to do but duck and cover up the evidence before it hits the 6 o' clock media dump.

I stand here today in full protest of toy soldiers in bulletproof vests placing American citizens under house arrest
with evening curfews and death threats.
Until those who are sworn to
uphold the law
begin to
abide by the law,
there will never be peace.
There will never be rest.
The Geneva Convention of 1925 prohibits the use of
asphyxiating and poisonous gases, liquids, and bacteriological
methods of warfare.
The United States has spoken out against countless countries
that have use these tactics on their own people
but has stood idly by as the police use it as a tool to disperse
the peaceful protests of American citizens.

This ******* needs to stop.
No one needs to die.
Not a civilian, not a cop.
America's infatuation with arming itself has come with
zero accountability and a severe lack of responsibility.
A scared nation with fingers on triggers have created
a bigger body count and has widened the gap between
police and community.

Hate and bigotry will never disappear from the human psyche.
It is the responsibility of every individual to
bring positivity into the world.
Ignore the intolerant.
Praise the pacifist.
May future generations reject the appalling actions of their forefathers
and usher in a new age of love and peace based on
tolerance and understanding.
 Sep 2014 Rae
Jeff
A new light
 Sep 2014 Rae
Jeff
It was the first time I've lost my temper in front of people.
the way the words fell from my lips were strong and powerful.
there wasn't a quiver in sight,
nor a quiet blood vessel.
They were screaming everything about me.
I lost my temper, but I gained the knowledge that i'm calculating.
I now know the beginning of my capabilities,
and the fright welcomes me.
It feels good to know you can be dangerous, when everyone else sees you inversely.
Being quiet and rational minded all of the time allows people to feel your passion even by raising your voice.
They never see it coming, and that's the way it should be.
 Sep 2014 Rae
Maddie Wright
I sat in this exact spot and told a boy I loved him for the very first time. I left my innocence here when I stood up.

Sometimes I can still find it in the cracks between the sheets of plastic, deep down underneath the remnants of the kids who did the same.

I drove here alone one day to dig it up but only found pieces of me that no longer fit together. When did I become so unfamiliar to myself?

That must have been the day I had my first real kiss.

I tried forcing him into my empty spaces but the picture never turned out how I hoped it would. I used to think it was bad luck.
 Sep 2014 Rae
apurva khadye
If I could only knew how to sing in the language of silence,
Then I would have pour my all heart to you,
By singing the song of my love,
I would have given it the most melodious form to explain my love to you,
That love which I have been explaining to myself ever since I met you,
But unable to put it in words,
So, I will use the language of silence to express it to you,
That language
Which will be sung by my eyes,
Understood by your eyes...
 Sep 2014 Rae
Melinda
Broken
 Sep 2014 Rae
Melinda
we seek the broken ones
because we think it's us that can fix them
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