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I Pledge Allegiance

January 6, 2010
By MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
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MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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I look to my left,
See my best friend.
Fallen and gone,
He has come to his end.

I look to the sky,
Recite a quick prayer.
Pick up my gun.
Say, “this isn’t fair”.

He was still a boy,
Barely eighteen years old.
Fighting for his country,
In a world so cold.

Bombs fly overhead
As my brothers die.
One by one,
I say good-bye.

Americans protest
Saying, “no more war”.
Do they think I want this?
Who am I fighting for?

Through rain, sleet, and snow,
I’ll stand here with my gun.
And when I return,
My job will be done.

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PoeticallyCorrect said...
on Jul. 5 2011 at 6:15 pm
WELCOME
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 11:01 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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thank you !
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 11:01 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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  thanks(:
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 11:00 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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awe thank you that means a lot.  I am thinking about your family overseas! 
PoeticallyCorrect BRONZE said...
on Apr. 1 2011 at 7:57 pm
PoeticallyCorrect BRONZE, Ellenwood, Georgia
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
im not lame &#039;cuz i aint cripple<br /> u dont know me like i know me<br /> i love you, no i just like you like you

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WOW
Starrlyt PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 21 2011 at 1:04 pm
Starrlyt PLATINUM, Willard, North Carolina
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Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you&#039;ll land among the stars -Les Brown

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wow....wow...i usually read nothing to do with war. I think it's well stupid. But this is an amazing poem....
Dominicano_Loco PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 17 2011 at 8:33 am
Dominicano_Loco PLATINUM, Spotsylvania, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live and learn, and when ya fall, Stand Strong and come back!&quot;/&quot;I&#039;m goin to regrett this 1 tomorrow.&quot;

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man... i read this and my mind goees to all the family i have fighting over seas... thank you so much for writing about the soldiers struggle. this is a great poem. the imagery puts me right in the battle field and makes me think the warriors thoughts. well done.
Basketball23 SILVER said...
on Dec. 7 2010 at 12:35 pm
Basketball23 SILVER, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m living in a shell with no soul&quot; -Three Days Grace (World So Cold)<br /> &quot;Time still turns the pages of the book it&#039;s burned&quot; -Avenged Sevenfold (So Far Away)

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Wow.  This is so touching and sad :(
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Nov. 11 2010 at 6:48 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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well thank you(:
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Nov. 11 2010 at 6:47 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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no, I never had anyone die in the navy or army or wars or anything.  Both my grandpas were in the war, one was a pilot and one was a medic, but neither died.  I just wrote this one day.  I believe I was listening to Have you Forgotten by Darrel Worley.
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Nov. 11 2010 at 6:45 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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awe thank you!
MacSchiff SILVER said...
on Nov. 11 2010 at 6:44 pm
MacSchiff SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
8 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t live your life for other people. You&#039;ve got to do what&#039;s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) <br /> <br /> &quot;When you&#039;re struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it&#039;s just as hard as what you&#039;re going through.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

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thank you so much!
manule SILVER said...
on Jan. 25 2010 at 8:53 pm
manule SILVER, Oakley, California
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live by the gun die by the bullet

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i like this poem
Applejuice SILVER said...
on Jan. 22 2010 at 7:26 pm
Applejuice SILVER, Spring Valley, Illinois
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I really like this. It is amazing.
Supernova7 GOLD said...
on Jan. 22 2010 at 7:20 pm
Supernova7 GOLD, Redford, Texas
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Let me cry my tears let me live in sorrow as long as you promise to be with me tomorrow<br /> By Me:)

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I cried when i read this i absolutely loved it.
whitetiger303 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 20 2010 at 1:02 pm
whitetiger303 PLATINUM, Elmira, New York
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&quot;Nothing last forever&quot;

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Did u have someone die in the navy or war or something. But i like your poem it's very heartfelt and touching i almost cried reading it.
AbbotRabbit GOLD said...
on Jan. 20 2010 at 11:18 am
AbbotRabbit GOLD, Abolana, District Of Columbia
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Favorite Quote:
This poem has great flow and insight.<br /> I really enjoyed it.<br /> Lovely poem darling =]<br /> -Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-<br /> XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx

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This poem has great flow and insight.

I really enjoyed it.

Lovely poem darling =]

-Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-

XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx