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Tossing Some Sand in the Gears of this Monstrosity called the Foster Care System and Hoping the Sound it Makes Attracts Attention.

Brian "Johnny Doe"

Born
14 February 1985, Unwanted, California
Died
Alone, Arizona

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Notes and messages

To be or not to be?
That is the question that Shakespeare's Hamlet asked us to consider.
Too many souls have chosen the latter
-- not to be --

~Indifference is perhaps man's greatest sin..

Johnny Doe, 18 February 2004

Don't tell me that you understand
Don't tell me that you know
Don't tell me that I will survive
Or how I'll surely grow
Don't tell me this is just a test
Don't tell me how I was chosen for this task
Apart from all the rest
My life is filled with daily pain
And that is all I see
All you had was fancy words
While I had reality

BRIAN, 18 February 2004

I give you this one thought to keep
I am with you still I do not sleep
I am the thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the sunlight on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift, uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight
Do not think of me as gone
I am with you still in each new dawn

NATIVE AMERICAN PRAYER, 18 February 2004