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message 1: by E.J. (new)

E.J. (ejschoenborn) | 48 comments Children of War
Dedicated to the Stopping of Kony...

He was invisible,
forgotten in Africa.
He was believed
to be fine on his own.
I need your help.
Bring me back my child.

Taken in the night,
like a fox takes a chick;
forced into boots ten
sizes too large for them.
A piece of metal is thrust
into their hands.
"Shoot!" they are told.
"Kill!" they are taught.
"Leave none alive."

These children aren't
invisible. They are not
forgotten. And neither
is the viper who intoxicated,
poisoned, destroyed the
minds and souls of the innocent,
the oppressed, the kind,
the loving, the children.

Girls no longer have tea parties.
They are now just hollowed vessels.
They have no spirit left in them.
What they had was broken.
Boys no longer run in the dust.
They no longer play in the desert.
They no longer have a soul of their own.
They are toy soldiers, lined up in ranks,
machine guns, pistols, swords shoved
into their tiny child fingers to play with.

They are not invisible,
but no one sees their pain.
They are not invisible,
but no one sees their tears.
They are not invisible,
so why can't we see their
bodies lying mangled and
broken, day after day,
hoping, pleading, wishing
for a way out of their life.

How have children become invisible
to the eyes of countries and nations?
How have children become soldiers
in an army against their parents?
How have children been left alone
for this long in this bloodshed?

Why are the children so hard to see?
Why are the children invisible?
Bring me back my child...
Bring me back my baby...
Bring me back the world...


message 2: by Kaylee~ (new)

Kaylee~  (sincerelyu) That is a REALLY good poem... and I HATE poetry.


message 3: by Kaye (new)

Kaye  (carrymeaway) | 77 comments I am posting this everywhere on goodreads that i have an spot in :STOP JOESEPH KONY! JOIN THE GROUP "MAKE HIM FAMOUS"! GO TO YOUTUBE-KONY 2012 TO WATCH THE VIDEO! WE NEED YOUR HELP! DO NOT DONATE TO INVISIBLE CHILDREN INSTEAD WRITE LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT, THE CONGRESS, POLITICAL PEOPLE, AND CELEBRITIES...WE NEED TO MAKE THE WORLD KNOW HIM SO WE CAN STOP HIM, WITH OUT OUR SUPPORT HE WILL CONTINUE...


๑ஜ๑ Jαѕмιиє ๑ஜ๑  (jazmine_s) | 51 comments Love the poem EJ!!


message 5: by Isabella (new)

Isabella  | 8 comments Oh my, i'm going to cry. This PERSON is worse than Adolf Hitler, and NO ONE is doing anything.

WHYWHYWHY. THIS IS A WORLD PROBLEM - HE COULD GET FOLLOWERS ANYWHERE - AND WE DO NOTHING.


message 6: by Riley (new)

Riley (rixosink) Uh, sorry, but people are actually doing things. The US has been involved with the capturing of Kony for years. And even IC is doing something, even of I don't support it. So you can't say ‘NO ONE is doing anything.’
And I don't know if he's worse than Hitler. You really can't compare villains on a scale like that.


message 7: by [deleted user] (new)

Riven ♪d(-.-)b♪ wrote: "Uh, sorry, but people are actually doing things. The US has been involved with the capturing of Kony for years. And even IC is doing something, even of I don't support it. So you can't say ‘NO ONE ..."

yesh.
they've been at it for
10 years.
the U.S. i mean.

but the number one
reason WHY we have to do this
THIS year is because the gvmt.
is going to pull out of the
soldiers of of Uganda is we can't catch
him.
THIS year.

that's why it's so important
that everyone knows.


message 8: by harriet (new)

harriet (harriet64) we were discussing Hitler in English today :P lolzzzzz


message 9: by Chloe (new)

Chloe wow good


message 10: by E.J. (new)

E.J. (ejschoenborn) | 48 comments Thanks guys, and it isn't that good...
but it gets the message across.


message 11: by Kaye (new)

Kaye  (carrymeaway) | 77 comments EJ shut up! all of your poetry is good! you know i'm your biggest fan!


~Skybabe~ Fairy Tail {Titania} ♥Teddy Bear's Bae♥ EJ, Zombie, Stronghammer wrote: "Children of War
Dedicated to the Stopping of Kony...

He was invisible,
forgotten in Africa.
He was believed
to be fine on his own.
I need your help.
Bring me back my child.

Taken in the..."


That is purely amazing!


message 13: by Isabella (new)

Isabella  | 8 comments lol weird coincidence maybe its a message...that i am awesome lol ha ha


message 14: by Kaye (new)

Kaye  (carrymeaway) | 77 comments Invisible Children

Listen. Can you hear them? In the silence of the night. When the world is asleep and dreaming. Can hear them? In the rustling of the wind, the pattering of the rain. In the magnificence of mother nature.
Look. Can you see them? In the faces of your peers, in the burning eyes of desperate animals. As they pass you on the street. Can you see them? When you look in the mirror, in the mist of a morning fog. While the world is waking up.
Feel. Can you feel them? In the tickling of the wind, in the thrumbing of the earth. As nature tries to tell you the truth. Can you feel them? In the embrace of your friends, in the comfort of your family. When they surround you with love.
Can you?
Listen. Thier voices soft and unheard whisper to your ears. Thier desperate cries for help falling flat to uncaring hearts. Listen. They are calling, begging for our help. Will you listen to them?
Look. Thier faces aren't so much different than our own. Thier eyes no different than yours or mine. They are waiting, watching for us. Will you see them?
Feel. Feel their essence in the world around you. Feel their pain of no family in the comfort of your own. Feel. They are reaching out, wanting us to take thier hand. Will you feel their hurt and reach for them?
I will.


message 15: by [deleted user] (new)

*presses 'like' button*


message 16: by Ruby (new)

Ruby Is it weird that yesterday I knew nothing about him, and then I went to school and like everybody knew about him?

*overnight*

O_o


message 18: by E.J. (new)

E.J. (ejschoenborn) | 48 comments I like Kaye's more!

Even if Kony is already dead, caught, or whatever the hell happens to people like him, we should keep spreading the word about national events.
Like what's going on in SYRIA right now which is just as worse if not worse than Kony.
They are under a dictatorship and have had rebellions a lot recently...
This would be fine (well, not fine, but you get the idea...) except the dictator doesn't like this and has been sending TANKS, yes TANKS, to fight these little rebellions. They're just standing in a street and the guy is sending TANKS at them.
And why were they rebelling?
Because of anti-government graffiti, students were being TORTURED!

Please look up more information on this topic as mine is all out. We need to spread the word about causes and stuff like THIS ^^ that is happening.


message 19: by Kaye (new)

Kaye  (carrymeaway) | 77 comments EJ, Zombie, Stronghammer wrote: "I like Kaye's more!

Even if Kony is already dead, caught, or whatever the hell happens to people like him, we should keep spreading the word about national events.
Like what's going on in SYRIA ri..."


thank you EJ... we both did equally good...:) and i like yours better... and you are so right... this isnt just about Kony its about everything we can do...


message 20: by drew (new)

drew (drewbeck) As kids we played soldiers
sticks were our guns
our words were our bullets
we had hours of fun

But for kids in Uganda
it isn't the same
not since Joseph Kony
took over the game

He forced them to fight
and he forced them to kill
while we stood by and did nothing
lacking knowledge and will

But let this be the year
that it comes to an end
that there's visible justice
for invisible children

Because Joseph Kony
we're coming for you
stopping at nothing
and there's f**k all you can do

By: Thomas Hawkins (not Kitti)


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