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If I shut up today

and went about my way,

would I deserve the time

I've been given to live this life?

If you went about your business

and refused to bear witness

to the wrong you see

and just let it be,

could you look me in the eye

to see the tears you made me cry?

If you turned your back to it all

and left me up against the wall?

Would you be able to live on,

even though you know it's wrong,

what they're doing to us now

is it just because you didn't know how?

How to rise against, how to rise above,

how to conquer the world with love?

It takes some time, I'll show you all,

but I can't do it alone, I'm afraid I'll fall.

Author's Note

Stand.
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Reviews

[anamezic]

I think your poems are better when they don't rhyme. You have very serious concepts and the rhyming (particularly the massive amounts of perfect rhymes,"all,wall,fall,etc") make this piece sound more childish than it is.

Thought I'd give you actual criticism instead of the fluffy, "good work, keep it up," that everyone seems to be doing.

[John]

I can't tell you how long I've waited for this.