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Imagine
Imagine there's no heaven; it's easy if
you try
No Hell below us; above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today
Imagine there's no countries;
it isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for and no religion too
Imagine all the people Living life in peace
You
may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us and the world will live as one
Imagine
no possessions; I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger; a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing
all the world.
by John Lennon
-contributed by Melanie
Risk Taking Is Free
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To
reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feeling is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your
ideas, your dreams before the crowd
is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To
live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But the risk must be taken,
because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The men and women who risk nothing, do nothing,
have
nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love,
live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are slaves,
they have forfeited freedom.
Only a person who
risks is free.
- Anonymous
-Contributed by Mel (Magic_Mel)
Sometimes you think that
you need to be perfect
That you cannot make mistakes
At these times
You put
so much pressure on yourself
I wish that you would realize
that you are like everyone else-
capable of reaching
great potential
but not capable of being perfect
So please
just do your best
and realize that
this
is enough
Don't compare yourself to anyone
Be happy to be
the wonderful,
unique,
very special
person
that you are.
- Susan Schutz
-Contributed by May (stargazer171)
Falls Apart
She falls apart by herself
no
one's there to talk or understand
feels the sting dries her eyes
finds herself opens the door and sighs
people
see right through you
everyone who knew you well
falls apart, might as well
day is long and nothing is wasted
runaway, runaway
wanna hold on to you but you're going away
runaway, runaway
wanna hold you tomorrow but you're
leaving today
you walk along by yourself
there's no sound nothing's changing
they've gone away left you there
emptiness is nothing you can share
all those words that hurt you
more than you will let it show
comes apart
by yourself
all is well and everything's wasted
runaway, runaway
wanna hold on to you but you're going away
runaway,
runaway
wanna hold you tomorrow but you're leaving today
sometimes I feel around
it scares me some I can't
be down
all this time to be on my own
in is out to be again
this time will waste another friend
I know where
they will know
where they'll runaway
she's falls apart no one there
hold her hand it seems to disappear
falls
apart might as well
day is long and nothing is wasted.
by Sugar Ray
-Contributed by Melanie
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Prayer For The 21st Century
May the road be free for the journey,
May it lead where it promised it would,
May the stars that gave ancient bearings
Be seen, still be understood.
May every aircraft fly safely,
May
every traveller be found,
May sailors in crossing the ocean
Not hear the cries of the drowned.
May gardens
be wild, like jungles,
May nature never be tamed,
May dangers create of us heroes,
May fears always have names.
May the mountains stand to remind us
Of what it means to be young,
May we be outlived by our daughters,
May
we be outlived by our sons.
May the bombs rust away in the bunkers,
And the doomsday clock not be rewound,
May the solitary scientists, working,
Remember the holes in the ground.
May the knife remain in the holder,
May the bullet stay in the gun,
May those who live in the shadows
Be seen by those in the sun.
By
John Marsden
-contributed by Mel (Magic_Mel)
"appearances are deceiving" by may driscoll
on the *outside*
i am thriving
healthy
thin
s m i l i n g
full of dreams
on the *inside*
i am dying
sick
s t a r v i n g
crying
without hope
-Contributed by May (stargazer171)
"why can't i?"
by may driscoll
my heart is full of pain
my mind plagued with anger
refusing
to acknowledge
my life may be in danger
why is it so easy
to just let go of it all
to give up caring
to just let myself fall?
why can't i silence
that voice in my head
that tells me "fat?
you're
better off dead... "
why can't i ask for help
to just say "i'm not alright"
to let you take
care of me
instead of surrendering the fight?
-Contributed by May (stargazer171)
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