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I Don't Want the World to End

September 14, 2010
By OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
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OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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I don’t want the world to end
Only to see it
Brought to its knees
A sword resting upon
It’s dried up heart
The cries of the damned
Echoing through its ears
And spilling from its mouth
Fire raging round and round
Creeping upon the helpless arsonist
The merciless eyes
Of a cold, cold universe
Staring upon
One of many failures

I don’t want the world to end
Only to see it
Brought to its knees
The predator is now the prey

© Pan Sum C., Babylon, NY

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OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 7 2010 at 6:43 am
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks:) I'll try.
kmarie14 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 6 2010 at 11:38 pm
kmarie14 PLATINUM, Hyrum, Utah
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"Life is either an adventure...or nothing" -Helen Keller

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I agree with you guys...add a little more but i really like it! (: thanks for posting!
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 19 2010 at 4:25 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks:D I just don't know what I would add.
Just.A.Dream SILVER said...
on Sep. 19 2010 at 4:21 pm
Just.A.Dream SILVER, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
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Part of the J7X team. :)

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I agree with Marlyre, you should add more to it, but it has amazing descriptions! :)
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 8:55 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks:D Of course.
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 8:55 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thank you:D
Marlyre PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 5:42 pm
Marlyre PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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"when you cry, do you waste your tears?" Madonna

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I feel like that this has some really good factors, but feels unfinished... I want more! read some of mine?
HannahS. SILVER said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 5:20 pm
HannahS. SILVER, Fort Collins, Colorado
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I can't remember where I read this but it is the truth of the matter.

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This is awsome!

 

OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 2:31 pm
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch

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Thanks! :D
ChelseaSmith said...
on Sep. 17 2010 at 2:28 pm
ChelseaSmith, Levant, Maine
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Intense. I love it ( :