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I am a person
December 6, 2011
I am me.
If I’m Christian, Jewish or Muslim,
It doesn’t matter.
I am turned into a ratio
Depending on my region
When I die,
I become a number.
To what, It depends.
The way i die,
Becomes part of the number
The grades I get,
Are put in the system.
There no longer mine,
But what the states
Total average is.
To the world,
Im a speck in a dust storm.
Minuscule, unimportant.
I am but one, in billions in their eyes,
To me, I’m important.
I breath, I laugh
I love
To the world though, I am but a number
Ticking down to zero
© Brad H., Lemont, IL
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DreamInTheRain SILVER said...
on Feb. 22 2012 at 6:45 pm
This is amazingly breathtaking.... I felt i could have fainted && your magical with words
