Jazmee27 
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GONE
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Gone is the longing
For something better,
The hope
That once sparkled
In her eyes;
Only bitterness, resentment:
A deep seated pain
That will never go away.
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Reply #1641. Jul 17 12, 7:27 PM
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Jazmee27
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Gone is the longing
For a father
The wish to connect
Even for a moment
With that childlike essence
Lost so many years ago.
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Reply #1642. Jul 17 12, 7:27 PM
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Jazmee27
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WEEP FOR THE CHILDREN
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Weep for the children,
Who grow up knowing nothing
But the pain and sorrow
Of a broken home;
Who struggle with their thoughts and actions:
Who hope for something that will never be.
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Reply #1643. Jul 17 12, 7:28 PM
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Jazmee27
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Weep for the children,
The innocents who die
Almost as soon as they are born-
Not physically, but emotionally,
In a vain attempt
To cope with what life’s given.
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Reply #1644. Jul 17 12, 7:29 PM
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Jazmee27
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Weep for the children,
The ones who have no choice;
Either accept the reality
Or cease to live at all.
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Reply #1645. Jul 17 12, 7:29 PM
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Jazmee27
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Some are more a part of me than others (meaning, I think, that they can be more easily revised)
"Weep for the children" is definetly one of my favorites
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Reply #1646. Jul 17 12, 7:31 PM
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Jazmee27
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FEBRUARY 28 - HERE AND NOW [NEEDS WORK]
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Your head against mine [hand],
It feels so soft,
Your feathers so soft and warm;
One day, I know,
These times we share
Must come to an end:
And I wonder,
How can I bear it?
And then, I think, just don’t
Why focus on the future
When there’s so much love
To be had right now?
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Reply #1647. Jul 17 12, 7:33 PM
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Jazmee27
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It’s not fair to you, not even to me,
To dwell on the days ahead;
And so I’ll just sit
Here right next to you
As you rub your head against
My finger, and
Pepper it with kisses:
For tomorrow, and the next day,
Are a long way away
When I’m sitting with my buddy.
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Reply #1648. Jul 17 12, 7:33 PM
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Jazmee27
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CHANGE IS ALL AROUND ME
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Change is all around me,
Its smothering presence unavoidable;
And I would be a fool
To not admit that I
Am scared half to death.
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Reply #1649. Jul 17 12, 7:34 PM
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Jazmee27
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Change is all around me,
Leaving me with questions;
Do I embrace it:
Or is a fight
What I want?
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Reply #1650. Jul 17 12, 7:35 PM
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Jazmee27
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Change is all around me,
And more times than I can count
I’ve been at war within myself;
Uncertain what choice to make:
But in the end,
It’s come down to what
Is within my
Best interests to say or do.
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Reply #1651. Jul 17 12, 7:35 PM
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Jazmee27
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OOPS--THAT WAS FROM THE FEBRUARY 2012 FOLDER :)
Just wrote this:
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Conflict
I live it every day,
Every thought, every action;
How do I reconcile
The things that I would do
With what I have been taught:
For it seems
A battle
Between values
And my culture.
I’ve been taught
That revenge
Is a very bad thing,
That it’s not wrong
So much to think,
For that is human,
But to act
Is an evil deed.
In passing years,
I’ve found myself
Frozen by indecision:
What to do
When I can’t justify
My wishes and desires
To anyone?
It occurred to me one day,
That perhaps the answer
Lies in this one question:
What can I live with?
Put another way,
By avoiding certain actions,
Though they be “right”
In society’s view,
Could I live with myself,
Having made that choice?
Would I be satisfied,
Or would I regret
That decision for the rest
Of my days?
The only person
Who has a right
To judge if something
Is right for me or not
Is no one else, but me;
For only I
Can determine what
Is best for my own life.
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Reply #1652. Jul 17 12, 7:48 PM
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Jazmee27
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2011
MARCH 1 - AUTHENTIC
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The music hugs me close,
Builds to a fever pitch;
I’m no longer at home,
So lost in this song,
In a world I wish I belonged.
Peace envelops me,
At least till the piece is done;
And then I am sad:
It’s time to return to my life.
But, wait, some part deep within cries,
Can’t that feeling be duplicated somehow?
Can’t that thing that I’ve found
Come back to the real world with me?
And the answer is, yes,
It’s my authentic self;
The person I was meant to be,
The one trapped deep inside.
The day is so hectic,
So filled with activity,
That authenticity is left by the wayside;
But certain things, like music,
Strike a chord,
Bring authenticity to the fore:
Most times, though, the connection is broken after the piece,
And the authentic is buried once more.
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Reply #1653. Jul 17 12, 8:10 PM
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Jazmee27
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AW, GEEZ, THE MEMORIES!
MARCH 10 - THE SCARE AND RELIEF
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The Scare
The virus is still there
I know because the "Semantech" errors have returned
And so, dear friends,
Until this is sorted out,
I will say farewell.
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False alarm
Semantech is different
I'll deal with those messages for now
A mere inconvenience
But I still can't do searches-
To me, that is disturbing
Running "Verizon Solutions," their "in-home agent"
Got the message earlier, but didn't know "what they were about"
Mom said she saw it there last night
That if I wanted, could try the "fix now" button
"I'm not promising it'll work"
And I'm not expecting anything
Just glad it's not part of a virus
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Reply #1654. Jul 17 12, 8:12 PM
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Jazmee27
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JULY 22 - HOPELESS
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Let's speak of the girl withoutprospects,
Uncertain what she'd like to do in life;
If asked she'll say,
"A writer's life for me,"
But she can't seem to get the words rite:
Hasn't got a thing published.
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Reply #1655. Jul 17 12, 8:14 PM
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Jazmee27
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She's got her short stories,
And a few poems and songs;
But it's just in the computer,
And sometimes she'll wonder,
"Is that really the way I want it?"
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Reply #1656. Jul 17 12, 8:14 PM
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Jazmee27
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JULY 23 - SHATTERED DREAMS
Weep for the one
Who is lost and lonely,
Who yearns for so much more than this;
Whose nights are filled with hauntings:
Memories from long ago.
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Reply #1657. Jul 17 12, 8:20 PM
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Jazmee27
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Who can write of such horrors?
Things better off frgotten,
Yet so clearly cannot be;
On such days, the heart despairs,
And wishes for release.
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Reply #1658. Jul 17 12, 8:21 PM
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Jazmee27
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JULY 24 - THE PRICE
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Why avoid the news
It keeps us all informed
Yet, for some reason, I do just that,
Until something, a word, a phrase, catches my eye.
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Reply #1659. Jul 17 12, 8:22 PM
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Jazmee27
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“You can’t keep on like this,”
A loud voice screams within me,
And though I listen, I wonder:
What difference will it make?
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Reply #1660. Jul 17 12, 8:22 PM
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