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The Right to Live

March 21, 2012
By Oblique27 PLATINUM, Milwaukie, Oregon
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What must be done has been done

Over and finished

You’re not supposed to cry
Over what’s been done

But sometimes you cannot
Help it

The world gives you
Happiness

And you think it will last
Forever

You are always
Proved wrong

Our pasts meet
To create a future
A bright future

With ones that left
Without resist
And ones that just wouldn’t
Give up their right

The right to live
The right to survive

The right to rise again
And laugh at death
Saying
“I’m still here!”

© David D., Apple Valley, MN

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