Hi, I am a thirteen-year-old girl who has been secretly writing poetry since fourth grade, and I'm really glad you came to read my poem! This poem that I wrote is called "United" because I wanted to write a poem that was inspiring and could mean something to everybody out there. Stand up for what you love and what you know is right because in the end that is what will matter. I hope "United" can inspire you, and I really hope you like it. Remember to follow your dreams!
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First Published: December 2017
Do we stay silent
Or raise our voices?
Do we give in
Or make our choices?
This is our chance.
This is our threat.
This is our choice.
And we're not finished yet.
We stand together
And await the light
This is our chance,
This is our fight.
Here we're standing,
United and strong.
We're not giving this up.
We're not moving on.
This is our voice;
This is what we came to show.
This is our choice,
And we're not letting go
This is our word.
You give what you get.
This is our world,
And we're not finished yet.
We stand beside you,
Ready to pay our debt
We stand united
Because we're not finished yet.
Children are born every day,
Waiting for someone to trust.
Dreams are dreamed every day
But left alone to rust.
Raise your voices; stand up tall.
You know this is unjust.
Make your choices; stand from the fall,
Because dreams are counting on us.
I know that you are scared to be strong.
You have every right to be.
Show the dreamers that you care.
Come and stand with me.
Think of our future; think of the truth.
Think of the lives we share.
Think of our beginnings; think of our youth.
We're all just a kid from somewhere.
Standing together, holding hands,
We all came from the same place.
Joined we are forever;
We are running the same race.
Stand with me; we're not through yet.
We are getting what we gave.
Hand in hand with me, strongest together.
This can all be saved.
This is like our lifetimes;
This is more than just a game.
This is more than just the money,
More than ourselves, more than fame.
Speak up for what matters,
Because now it does; this love is caving.
Speak up before we shatter.
Think of all the dreams we're saving.
There are kids like us in Texas,
Out in Utah, up in Maine.
There are kids that are the future Crosby,
Skinner, Matthews, Kane.
From the mountains, valleys, cities,
Suburbs, hamlets and countryside,
There are the children of this future.
All around us they reside.
On the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins,
The Canes and Minnesota Wild.
We often forget that before they were champions,
Each one was just a child
They once stood watching,
Dreaming with this light inside their eyes.
Together we can save that light,
And return it to more lives.
Here we're standing, grasping hands;
Here we're standing strong.
This time we're not giving in,
And we're not moving on.
THIS is our voice;
This is what we came to show.
This is our choice,
And we're not letting go.
This is the world we live in.
You must give what you get.
This is our word we're giving.
We're not finished yet.
We stand together, united.
This is our chance to repay this debt.
We stand beside you all, united.
We're not finished yet.