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Needed Change


Fear, the emotion that creates scars,
That locks our hearts up, in strong steel bars.
We should change that!
Instead of drowning in this poison vat.
We'll break through the bars,
And make this life ours.
No longer living in fear
But holding on to what's trully dear.

Killing babies so we can save the trees,
With our minds at such an ease.
Why do we kill these little children?
Do we realize they are tiny men?
Tiny men who can become great ones,
If we would stop killing these young sons.
We're killing scientists, inventors, astronomers.
Killing off the Nation's accomplishers.
Let's fix an issue as powerful as that,
And be rid of this murderous rat.

There are to many issues to count,
They all flow like a broken fount.
We need to pin them to a wall,
Until we've fixed them all.
Work on every one,
Until each one is gone.

Don't stop 'til we've found the answer,
To the issue of this cancer!
Each problem is equally important.
Don't stop 'til they've all been broken!

Just so I can fix one issue,
That is all I wish to do.
One person can make a difference,
If they are a great influence.
One step is all it takes.
That's what change makes.

One step, two steps in the right direction.
It's like a contagious infection.
Once it gets started, it can't stop,
It keeps going 'til it's hit the top.

Don't ever let them stop you!
Always be bold with what you do!

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Jessi D

I started writing poems in 9th grade when my English teacher put on a writing competition. I've written 30-60 poems of many different sizes and styles in the last three years. I'm finally ready to share some of them.

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Jessi D
<p>Fear and Abortion are the two issues I would change first. This world lives in fear of so many things like not being good enough, afraid to take risks, fear of&nbsp;loosing people we love... the list goes on and on.</p>

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