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Beloved Bridgeton

It Is Not Too Late

Saray Hernandez-Salazar
Oct 25, 2016
Bloomfield College
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Beloved Bridgeton
Bridgeton

Dear Bridgeton,

A town of opportunities.

A town of glistening hope.

But we are hurting.

Not plainly, but deeply.

Not a day that goes on that we wonder who will be next?

Who will death come after?

This town's legacy must not go down in vain.

Pride.

As we unite to support each other through the devastating times.

Let us be the arms for the broken.

The homeless.

The single father.

The single mother.

The wounded.

The poor.

The disabled

For that child who never was told a "Good Job"

For that girl with self-low esteem.

The drug addicts.

Be that smile.

Hold that hand.

Whisper,

"We are brothers and sisters"

Let us have deep, intimate understanding.


We are laughed at.

This town is mocked

Voices whisper,

"Your town is cursed"

"INSIGNIFICANT"

Uncruel punishment

Unfair justice

Our size in town may be small

But we are powerful.

Every single student, teacher, children, adults, elders,

Police officers, we must respect

Police officers, please return the respect.

=

With all this grand

POWER

NO , We are not CURSED

WE SAY NO!


BRIDGETON,

May God walk into you and reverse your golden legacy.

May you be a town of nothing but flourishment

Let this be your golden age.

Baby, let it be your time to shine

Every single one of us

Black, Whites, Hispanics.

Let us empower each other to have

More students graduating,

More students attending college

More jobs being opened.

More leaders rising.

This is just the beginning

Connect my hands to yours.

Let's stand forward

Let LOVE win.

<3


Specially Dedicated to:

#LLKayla #LLChuey LLLuz #LLKevin #LLDasia



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