Change

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  • Lost Love
    • Kandrew
    • is so sorry she's been away so long! Trying desperately to catch up!

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    SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT
    NO, SHE WANTS TO HANG ON
    THINKING IF SHE GAVE HIM TIME
    THAT IT WON'T BE TOO LONG

    BEFORE HE REALIZES
    THAT SHE'S THE ONE FOR HIM
    AND HE WILL OPEN UP HIS HEART
    AND GENTLY TAKE HER IN

    BUT SHE KNOWS THAT IT'S NOT RIGHT
    TO MAKE PUSH COME TO SHOVE
    CUZ SHE KNOWS DEEP DOWN INSIDE
    HE JUST AIN'T READY FOR HER LOVE

    AS SHE GATHERS UP HER COURAGE
    SHE TRIES TO TELL HERSELF
    THAT THE AGONY SHE'S FEELING
    IS CAUSED BY SOMETHING ELSE

    SHE WALKS INTO HIS ROOM
    AND SHE SEE'S HIM LYING THERE
    SHE'D DO ANYTHING TO HOLD HIM
    BUT SHE WANTS TO BE FAIR

    SO SHE LOOKS HIM IN THE EYE
    AND SAYS SHE MUST MOVE ON
    AND SHE GUESSES SHE IS RIGHT
    'CUZ HE DOESN'T TELL HER SHE IS WRONG

    SO THEY STAND FOR FINAL WORDS
    BUT NOTHING ELSE IS SAID
    THEY JUST HOLD EACHOTHER CLOSE
    LETTING SILENCE SPEAK INSTEAD

    SHE BEGINS TO TREMBLE
    AND THE TEARS FALL HELPLESSLY
    SHE THINKS SHE FEELS HIM SHAKE
    BUT SHE CAN'T BARE TO SEE

    HE WALKS HER TO THE DOOR
    OF THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAD MET
    THEIR MOUTHS TASTING OF THE OTHER
    THE BITTER-SWEET REGRET

    SHE TURNS HER BACK TO HIM
    AND SLOWLY WALKS AWAY
    HOPING TO HEAR THE LOVING WORDS
    ASKING HER TO STAY

    ONE LAST GLANCE, HE'S STILL THERE
    BUT SHE KNOWS THAT HE'S GONE
    SO SHE SCREAMS INSIDE HER HEART
    AND WITH THE PAIN, SHE'S MOVING ON.

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    Ceelee commented on Change

    09-30-2009

    it is a unselfish act! Love can hurt and it can make ya happy but most of all it can make you strong. Great words

    LydiaSe2580 commented on Change

    08-17-2009

    Bravo! Well said! Every word wrought with emotion and feeling! thank you, thank you, thank you.....

    Heaven1965 commented on Change

    08-17-2009

    Awesome Poem, very true! As ladies we have gone thru something similar to this.

    PRober commented on Change

    07-08-2009

    nicely done, rhymes and all... parting is bittersweet, but necessary sometimes! Good job!

    EasilyBroken commented on Change

    05-07-2009

    great!

    Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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