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Somewhere, Right Now

August 14, 2010
By Andyromeda SILVER, Biñan, Laguna, Other
Andyromeda SILVER, Biñan, Laguna, Other
5 articles 1 photo 13 comments

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Sh*t will carry on...


Somewhere, right now, in this big, big world are children and teenagers just like you, setting their calloused and wounded feet on the ground, enduring the pain and the heat of the sun as they run down the busy streets, trying to find a way to sell those trinkets slung on their tired and fragile shoulders; while you sit in class, counting the minutes until the next bell rings.

Somewhere, right now, in this vast land are our young, sneaking behind a fast food restaurant, untying bulky black bags that contain something they call food, which would satisfy their stinging empty stomachs, while you turn away from the table, just because you don’t want the food your mum prepared for you this morning.

Somewhere, right now, as you write your boring lessons on your notebook with a pen you can buy a thousand times over, are students just like you saving those tiny pencils in their hands for the whole year ahead.

Somewhere, right now, in this unfair world are dirty little hands, saving those pennies they earned from a hard day, searching for bottles and scrap to be sold at the junk shop, believing that a little amount at a time would save them from their present pain, as you splurge on that gorgeous dress at the mall or waste your money on some rubbish computer game you’ve played a million times.

Somewhere, right now, as you curse your teachers for giving you a heap of homeworks, are teenagers avoiding the prying eyes of the cops, to sell those tiny white crystals in similarly small sachets to people with those scary dark circles around their raging red eyes.

Somewhere, right now, as you switch your bedside lamp off, are sold bare young bodies pressed against somebody else’s, crying for help and justice, hoping that someday, somehow, they’ll have a good night’s sleep just like yours.

Now, tell me, how lucky are you?



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on Aug. 22 2010 at 6:46 pm
SecretNonConformist SILVER, Marblehead, Massachusetts
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of<br /> evil is for good men to do nothing.&quot; <br /> -Edmund Burke<br /> <br /> &quot;Bless the children, give them triumph, now!&quot;<br /> Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers

Completely true! I think it's so bad having a large pile of summer homework when there are people my age who would give everything for an education. I really am lucky.

on Aug. 20 2010 at 5:10 am
Andyromeda SILVER, Biñan, Laguna, Other
5 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sh*t will carry on...

It's always nice to hear from someone who appreciates my work. In fact, I have to thank you too! :)

on Aug. 18 2010 at 4:59 pm
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
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&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

This is so true! I thank you for writing it, especially since I have been cursing by own luck. You reminded me how much I have to be grateful for. It's sad that we live in a little bubble of blessings, oblivious to those on the outside.

on Aug. 18 2010 at 4:38 am
invisiblelittleoldme SILVER, .., Other
7 articles 1 photo 4 comments

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love is confusing..

great work!!!X) very true!!! so life-like!!! love it!!!thumbs up!!!