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we were built so fragile just about to fall but look at how we fight look how we stand tall human bodies weren't made to sustain but we conquered it, we broke it we bared the pain from typhoid to bad falls a deep cough, mental stress after all we are susceptible to you'd think there'd be nothing left but we have survived plagues we have fought through the wars airplanes were built to sore the skies submarines to explore the waters heart break can **** you (trust me, i'd know) but 7 billion broken hearts and we still don't let the hurt show we walk into work we raise our children we do what needs to be done even when we're broken within we help one another empathize with anothers pain put aside our worries for theirs even when there's nothing to gain kindness, solidarity contribution, charity we are the children of a nation that survived when the volcanoes erupted when the ground shook when our homes were consumed by fire and all we could do was look when the floods took our babies and the tornadoes took our homes we rebuilt from ground up and prayed for our children's souls prayer and endurance might and fight we have pushed through the darkness without the promise of light ask me and i'll tell you how my dad was so sick he was left for dead ask me and i'll tell you how my mom sat every moment by his bed ask me and i'll tell you how many nights i slept well ask me and i'll tell you how my mom never let us find out he was ill ask me and i'll tell you the tears she wept when he was well ask me and i'll tell you the tears she wept when got up and left ask me and i'll tell you i've seen hurt, i've seen pain ask me and i'll tell you i've seen guilt and i've seen shame ask me and i'll tell you the stories of my grandparents during the war ask me and i'll tell you that they still smile, even though they remember the horror ask me and i'll tell you how my aunt held her 12 day old daughter (her name was nour) ask me and i'll tell you how she kissed her forehead before laying her in her grave ask me and i'll tell you how easy it is for humans to break ask me and i'll tell you how easy it is for their worlds to shake but ask me and i'll tell you how much strength we have shown even in the depths of darkness we still have hope. we are the children of a nation that survived.
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Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016 at 8:49 AM UTC
humans
we were built so fragile just about to fall but look at how we fight look how we stand tall human bodies weren't made to sustain but we conquered it, we broke it we bared the pain from typhoid to bad falls a deep cough, mental stress after all we are susceptible to you'd think there'd be nothing left but we have survived plagues we have fought through the wars airplanes were built to sore the skies submarines to explore the waters heart break can **** you (trust me, i'd know) but 7 billion broken hearts and we still don't let the hurt show we walk into work we raise our children we do what needs to be done even when we're broken within we help one another empathize with anothers pain put aside our worries for theirs even when there's nothing to gain kindness, solidarity contribution, charity we are the children of a nation that survived when the volcanoes erupted when the ground shook when our homes were consumed by fire and all we could do was look when the floods took our babies and the tornadoes took our homes we rebuilt from ground up and prayed for our children's souls prayer and endurance might and fight we have pushed through the darkness without the promise of light ask me and i'll tell you how my dad was so sick he was left for dead ask me and i'll tell you how my mom sat every moment by his bed ask me and i'll tell you how many nights i slept well ask me and i'll tell you how my mom never let us find out he was ill ask me and i'll tell you the tears she wept when he was well ask me and i'll tell you the tears she wept when got up and left ask me and i'll tell you i've seen hurt, i've seen pain ask me and i'll tell you i've seen guilt and i've seen shame ask me and i'll tell you the stories of my grandparents during the war ask me and i'll tell you that they still smile, even though they remember the horror ask me and i'll tell you how my aunt held her 12 day old daughter (her name was nour) ask me and i'll tell you how she kissed her forehead before laying her in her grave ask me and i'll tell you how easy it is for humans to break ask me and i'll tell you how easy it is for their worlds to shake but ask me and i'll tell you how much strength we have shown even in the depths of darkness we still have hope. we are the children of a nation that survived.
to syria and yemen, and all our brothers & sisters who suffer and fight: we see you.
#war#pain#strength#survival#human
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Dec 21, 2016
Dec 21, 2016 at 8:49 AM UTC
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