I Am A Person
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I wonder what gives me the strength to go on. In a world where I can't be myself.
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Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I wonder what gives me the strength to go on. In a world where I can't be myself.
Today I found out about Amanda Todd. I wanted to cry when I heard about her story. Seeing how people bullied. And that made her suicide makes me think how weak are the bullies.
Birds tweet at the peak of dawn The little girl opens her eyes and yawns. She observes the big wide world Knowing she won't always be this little girl.
I lately challenged myself to something. I was thinking how starving some people actually are, and how fortunate I am.
What is peace.
Lucky We don't realise how lucky we are, All with our flashy cars. Having medication to take, And eating lots of birthday cake. Bathing in a tub of water, some people don't even have a quarter.
You don't understand. You don't feel what they feel. You don't know what they have been through. You don't know their insecurities. You don't know their story. You don't know their struggles.
As a little girl I was made to believe the world was safe I was told the only thing bad was when I'd misbehave I still grew scared of the big wide world As every night in my bed I curled I thought...
A window of hope A window of dreams A window to faraway places A window to see, What goes on in this world is hard to understand, But with my window to see through, I'm starting to understand, The...
You need water to survive; Clean, fresh water. So when I look at that my glass of water, I realise that we take it for granted.
Whenever you have pity in yourself, When perhaps you can't afford something your friend has Or end up rage quitting after enjoying a game Or if you continuously compare yourself to what is better...
Nobody stops At charity shops Buy a top Its not just slops If you go in at your own leisure You just might find alittle treasure You could find stuff fit to measure To tell you this ha been my...
Life isn't all that bad, Some people wish they had, All those thing you got, But you're not, You think more and more, No chore, But others work so hard and get nothing, Huffing and puffing, While...
I wrote this when I was nine, for some kind of English class, I presume. I found it cleaning out my drawer, so I thought I'd share it with you~ enjoy. While I was walking, On my way to the shop.
If you heard the helpless cries of a starving child in the Kenyan slums, you'd know about hunger If you drank the poisonous river water riddled with malaria and infested by the animals that bathe in...
you think your not pretty. theres always someone u g l i e r. you want more money. people are living in p o v e r t y. you want a boyfriend. some people dont have p a r e n t s. you're hungry.
Last year I took a trip to Africa. I was appalled at some of the living conditions and scenes I saw.
Somewhere out there, there is someone who is barely surviving because of the lack of food, water, shelter and love.
If you have food in your fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world.