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There's One

September 29, 2013
By BeSempiternal SILVER, League City, Texas
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"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

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So this is it. One left.
One mind. One thought. One second. One gun.
One life to be taken for another one.
There's only one left.
What's been done is done.
You weren't there, so now there's none.
Don't cry.
Don't say a word.
You weren't there, you never heard.

© Xiao H., Naperville, IL

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Killjoy_Parade GOLD said...
on Oct. 2 2013 at 12:02 pm
Killjoy_Parade GOLD, Scottsburg, Indiana
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I like this :) It's short but very well done. Oh, and thank you for checking out my work!