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I Don't Understand Why

May 4, 2011
By Ember26 BRONZE, Tamuning, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"Dare to reach your hand into the darkness to pull another into the light."

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I don’t understand…
Why we need money
Why people kill people
Why people act funny.

But most of all…
Where we go when we’re done
If the world’s going to end
Why can’t we be one?

What I understand the most is…
Why we feed the hungry
Why we heal the sick
And why we need that somebody.

© Miranda B., Neosho, MO

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