tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49864607775101456772024-02-08T06:08:02.375-08:00Christie's WritingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-23671993153381154712013-04-14T05:23:00.001-07:002013-04-14T05:23:31.352-07:00Fate of our memories
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fate of our memories<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So many words are left unsaid,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Conversations we’ve had in our heads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spoken words without any meaning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lead to the façade that I’m now seeing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The rift grows each second,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">ripping apart the years of history</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">into shreds like they never existed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Soon there will be nothing left to bind us,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">or remind us,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">of the memories that brought us together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It will all float away,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like waking up from a dream,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">that we can’t quite hold onto or remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Eventually it is forgotten all together,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Moving onto new better things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The endeavors will be exciting,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But maybe if you are lucky,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Something will spark a memory,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Of what was lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bringing back that dream,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">that you can’t quite touch,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">of have again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A glimpse of a memory</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">to hold onto,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">or let fall into a black hole,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">to never be seen again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the end,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">your choices,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">hold the key to the fate,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">of our memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By: Christie Cote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April 13, 2013</span></div>
<!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-73637098183829618202011-12-19T17:30:00.000-08:002011-12-19T17:30:32.823-08:00Why didn't you stay?<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why didn’t you stay?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You said someday I will be able to spend,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All the time I want with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Telling me not to give up hope.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You etched those words onto paper,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I would always remember.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The words haunt me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Like the poison that took you away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It works its way through me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Paralyzing me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My breathing becomes labored</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As it reaches my heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why couldn’t you stay,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And protect me from this pain?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead you left,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Without saying goodbye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving me to live,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With bad memories.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You weren’t there to make me laugh,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I had a bad day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You weren’t there, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When my heart got shattered into a million little pieces.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had to pick up each piece by myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I needed you, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But you weren’t there.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You didn’t sit on the hot bleachers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Watching me while the wind blew off my graduation cap, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While I waited to cross the platform,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That was ending that chapter in my life.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You weren’t there for important moments in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I couldn’t show you my engagement ring,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After I was proposed to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You will never meet my fiancé,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Or even be there on my wedding day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why didn’t you stay?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You left before you got to know me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Never seeing the person I became,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And all of the obstacles I overcame.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You missed the day I began writing,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Never knowing that you wrote yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I didn’t get to discover we had that in common,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Until you were already gone.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I sit here wanting to know you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing I will never be able to,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The way I deserve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All I have are some pages in a book</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And the stories people tell me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have foggy memories I can barely grasp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disjointed images from the past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can’t remember your voice,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Or the last time I heard it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">How long had it been,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before I saw you lying in that bed?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Slipping away,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On that rainy July day.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I remember wishing that I could be enough,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For you to live each day coherently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead you continued to drink the poison,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Until it finally consumed you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving me wondering,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Why I wasn’t ever enough?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Years went by before the anger began to subside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The pain and loss hitting me at full force.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now that my walls have come down,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel everything I had blocked for so long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wondering if I could have,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Stopped you from leaving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If I hadn’t been angry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And had spoken to
you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Would you still be here now?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Could I have stopped the poison,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">From seeping into you,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking over your body?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All I want,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is to go back,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and save you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">©Christie Cote</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">December 19, 2011</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-10985879949467890402011-10-24T12:49:00.001-07:002011-11-28T11:28:20.978-08:00Left in the Desert (Edit)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><i>Left in the
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Love is to
open sky</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">As loathing is to hell.</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">The burning of constant despair.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">How easily and swiftly</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">One can turn into the other.</span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
One moment we are holding hands,</div>
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The next I can feel the stream of tears</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Creating a river down my skin.</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Tasting the salt</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
As the river reaches my lips.</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Your cruel words,</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Slicing through me.</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Tearing me into pieces</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
My worst fear becoming reality.</div>
</span>
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<br /></div>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You didn’t think twice before telling all of the
lies,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Promising you were only mine.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Was any of it true?</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
While you pressed your lips to hers</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Feeling your heart beat with pure desire.</div>
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I only had you.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
My heart was your toy,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Only used to play your games.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Never caring if you broke it.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You already had another.</div>
</span>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
She stood there</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Watching the tears fall down my face.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knowing exactly why</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
My heart was breaking.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The feeling of pain so great,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Death seemed inviting.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">Her silence screamed,</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Of the last sabotage.</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I was naïve to trust you</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Thinking you wouldn’t do,</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
What I watched you do to her.</div>
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You created a place</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Where I did not exist.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Telling me you loved me</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
As you looked for someone special.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Promises broken</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Not knowing I was single,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Until I searched your name in google.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The result. A facebook I never knew about</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Telling the world you were looking for</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Someone to spend forever with</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Sending my heart into shock.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I was never good enough.</div>
</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">You took everything from me,</span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Stripping away my friends.</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Demining my dreams,</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">Giving the sinking feeling of worthlessness.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">Isolating me so I was only left with myself in the
end.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Knowing you had everything,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You left me in the desert</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
With out water.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Not caring if I made it out.</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The never-ending sand,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Whipped around me.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Ingraining into the cuts that covered my body</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Inflicting a severe stinging sensation.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I found the strength</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Hidden away deep inside.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I fought the sand, pushing through,</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Finding my way out.</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Ready for revenge.</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Here I am</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Alive</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
With the strength</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You never cared to see</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I hope when you see me now</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
You fill with regret</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Feeling the hell you tried to bring on me</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
While the depths of hell consume you</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
My fate is left to the open sky</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
With all of the possibilities</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
That I possess now</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Holding my head high</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I’m free to live among men</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
And be silly with my friends</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I am free</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
The burden of you is gone</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
I am able to breathe in fresh air</div>
</span>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
Exhilarating me</div>
</span>
</span><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-86977282414221268502011-10-24T12:42:00.001-07:002011-11-10T14:00:25.585-08:00I'm a lancaster (Knowledge Edit)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><i>I’m a Lancaster
(Knowledge edit)</i></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 14px;">I step into the horse drawn carriage</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;"><span class="apple-style-span">Ready to take me on my way.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Completing my final year of school</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I daydream about school past 8th grade.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">High school and college is forbidden.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">All of the things I could learn</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Like how to drive a car</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Separates me from my family.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">It is impossible to be different</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">While living among my people.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">When my 16th birthday arrives</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I can participate in Rumspringa</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Tempting me further</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Into the world outside.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I feel my heart breach.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Knowing the pain of leaving them</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Would slice through my heart.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Something irreconcilable,</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The price I would have to pay</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">To have new experiences.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The carriage halts in front of my sanctuary,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">A one room school the students share.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Smoothing down my plain black dress,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I feel the same caged texture I do every day.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I Imagine wearing a bright pink shirt and jeans</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">An image that would never come to be.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I feel the wind swiftly blow,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Loosening my bonnet.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Giving me the desire to let it blow off</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Letting the wind whip through my hair.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">To have a moment where I’m not composed,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Kicking off my shoes</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">So I can feel the grass between my toes.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Dancing to the feeling I have inside.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Instead I tighten it,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Securing the white material to my head.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Composed, I enter the room lit by candles</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Taking my seat, prepared to learn</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Enjoying this luxury while it lasts.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Once I complete this year</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I will never see the inside of a school again.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">To keep from disappointing my family,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I have to forget about my dream.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">© Christie Cote</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-35103784889419618132011-10-24T12:25:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:00:32.189-08:00Barley Alive (Edit)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><i>Barley Alive (Edit)</i></span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He stumbles through the door</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Coming to be with me.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Driving from afar,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Barley able to see.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Not knowing the pain he felt,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Would be so much more.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I listen to the slur of words</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Poring from his core.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">A flash of memories</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Spirals through my head.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">His innocent face</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Looking back at me.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Hours spent on the phone.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Talking endlessly about anything and everything</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He managed to escape for a night with me</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">At a homecoming dance.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">We danced the night away</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Before the magic slipped away.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Time went on.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">One thing staying constant,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You and I.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">A rainy day you ran away,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Hiding from danger.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You came to me.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I have always been your person</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I stand here now</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Wondering how it became this bad.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Seeing the mess in front of me,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I wonder how he is not dead.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">His eyes glossy,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He shares his pain.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The girl who broke his heart</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">After he gave her everything.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Sharing those precious secrets with her</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">That only I had known before.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">In the end love lost</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Leaving only his best friend,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Me.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Hours went by before he was able to drive</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Promising he would go right home.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I should have known.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He took the bottle from the backseat.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Never expecting the chrome</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">To collide with a tree.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Not knowing what happened.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He wasn’t aware of the glass in his hair</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Unable to understand where the blood was comingfrom,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">He fumbled with his phone,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Blood smearing from the gash on his thumb.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The message I received,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Was a disjointed mess.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I was only able to make out one word,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Blood.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Fear ran through me</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Knowing what he wouldn’t want to confess.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The mistake I made by letting him go.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I felt disappointment arrive</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Then anger and guilt followed.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I never thought he would lie to me,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Knowing how much I Abhor</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Drinking and Driving.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">© Christie Cote</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-28764624396191083732011-10-24T12:21:00.000-07:002011-11-28T11:24:17.944-08:00I Persevere (edit to "Fate")<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><i>I Persevere (edit to "Fate")</i></span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">This game you play</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Is very dangerous.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Like jumping out of a plane and</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Forgetting your parachute.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You act innocent,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Like an angel from above.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Pure and fragile.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Your act only works on a crowd,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I’m not part of it.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I see you for who you are.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Stripping away your white mask</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">That fools everyone else.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Revealing the darkness underneath.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Not appreciative of what you already have</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You steal from others.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Acting like you’re their friend</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Before flipping the switch.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You start a war.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">When I’m winning</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You retreat.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Finding higher authority</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Hiding behind them</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Like I’m the one</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Who committed treason</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Stabbing one of my own.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You can try to frame me</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">But the truth will come out,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">As soon as they find your fingerprints.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You didn’t expect me to fight back</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">When you first attacked.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Thinking it was easy to bring me down.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Sorry to disappoint you</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I’m not defeated, just like that.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Don’t brake a nail</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Leave the scratching to a cat.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I don’t pull hair, a powerless act.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I connect my fist with your face</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Enjoying the feeling of first to jaw</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">As blood splashes on my skin.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You may have begun this war</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Trying to take advantage of me.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Fighting dirty.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Despair will only fall on you.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I will finish first</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Every time.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I fight for victory</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Never backing down.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The strength I have will shock you.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Think again before throwing punches my way.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I will dodge every one.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Your energy will be wasted</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You will only be defeated.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">If you choose to fight anyways</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Finish what you started.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You can’t retreat and hide</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Just because you are losing.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">In the end I will find you,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Making you compensate</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">For all you have done.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">The plane couldn’t save you.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I watch you fall through the air.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Eventually your body will crash to the ground,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">With nothing there to stop you</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">But the branches scraping across your skin.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Causing you every bit of pain</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You inflicted on me.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">As your body is sprawled out on the ground</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I hope you suffer.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Remembering you caused this</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">All because you played dangerously</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You didn’t have a parachute.</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You have nothing left,</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I persevere.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="apple-style-span">© Christie Cote</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">May 6, 2011</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-40527657679130194842011-10-23T18:51:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:00:49.101-08:00Once Upon a time<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Once Upon a time</i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Once
upon a time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">We
were just two girls,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Playing
with Barbies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">We
created our own dream house,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">And
created our own story inside,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">From
beginning to end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">The
story did not change every time we played<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Like
other children who enacted the doll’s fate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Our
story was extensive and detailed,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Consisting
of a beginning, middle and end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Possibly
telling the story of what the future would bring.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Years
have gone by,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Our
real lives took their places.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">You
just moved into your dream house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; tab-stops: 2.25in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Just like Barbie and Ken.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">You
traded Ken for Eddie,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Finding
your one true love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">The
childhood fantasy coming true,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Even
better than we could have created.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Today
you trade in your doll sized dress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">For
an extravagant life-sized one,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">Looking
more beautiful than Barbie ever could.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">To: Amber
(Bessette) Roucoulet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">By:
Christie Cote<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">October
22, 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ff1d78; font-family: 'Brush Script MT';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-26936246718967589932011-04-10T19:30:00.000-07:002011-11-10T13:40:01.049-08:00quote<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;">The shadow of pain....</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"> ... is the beginning of Happiness</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d; font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-43138482971571233962011-04-09T23:07:00.001-07:002011-11-10T14:00:59.416-08:00Serenity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Serenity</i></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I hear the vibration of words cling to my ear.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The shouting whisper claims my attention.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sending my heart pounding with fear.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Your voice echoes with the words you “forgot” to mention.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I feel the ground around me start to shake</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Glass slices through me as the windows shatter.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The walls have fallen. I’m all that is left in its wake,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving my lifeless body like it doesn’t matter.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I hear a faint enchanting voice as I lift my head</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fighting to keep my eyes open as darkness tries to claim them.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When the figure appears I realize I must be dead.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gracing me with a smile, she hands me a radiant gem.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Gleaming brightly, the light engulfs me.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The serenity it offers is where I yearn to be.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">April 10, 2011</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-91405237119729861682011-04-04T18:57:00.001-07:002011-11-10T14:01:08.486-08:00Morning Sunlight (Edited)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Morning Sunlight</i><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Morning sunlight ripples across the river’s surface</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A picture perfect moment</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That goes unnoticed.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is in a hurry,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Rushing to work, consuming their coffee</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never taking a second</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To claim the beauty</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That could be theirs to possess</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We take the precious events for granted</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like being able to sit under the sun</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Feeling the breeze swiftly passing you.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not thinking that someday these luxuries may not be available</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What if morning came without sun?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then would we stop and notice,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take our time to hear the bird’s story</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That he sings to us each morning</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Instead of hitting the snooze</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Open yourself to the world outside</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Appreciate what is waiting outside the door.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">January 23, 2011</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-45441551779603074572011-03-25T13:07:00.000-07:002011-11-28T11:36:19.353-08:00Barely Alive<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Barely Alive</i></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He stumbles through the door</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Coming to see me</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Driving from afar</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Barley able to see</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not knowing the pain he felt now</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Would be so much more</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I listened to the slur of words</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pouring from his core</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A flash of memories</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Spirals through my head</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wondering how it became this bad</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">“He is lucky he is not dead”</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I whisper under my breath</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not knowing how true</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Those words would come to be</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wishing he had a clue</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hours went by before he was able to drive</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Promising me he would go right home</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He took the bottle from the backseat</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never expecting the chrome</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To collide with a tree</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not aware of the glass in his hair</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Unable to understand where the blood was coming from</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He fumbled with his phone</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Blood smearing from the gash on his thumb</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The message that came</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Was a disjointed mess</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fear ran through me</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing what he wouldn’t want to confess</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The mistake I made by letting him go</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thinking his promise</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Would hold until tomorrow</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing how much I abhor</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Drinking and driving</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With luck he would live</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With the police arriving</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">March 25, 2011</span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-38508073462248950972011-03-08T18:07:00.001-08:002011-11-10T14:01:29.679-08:00Knowledge<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Knowledge</i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I step into the horse drawn carriage</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ready to take me on my way</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Completing my final year of school</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I day dream about school past 8<sup>th</sup> grade</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">All of the things I could learn</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Separating me from my family</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It is impossible to be different</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">While living among my people</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I feel my heart catch</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing the pain of leaving them</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Would slice through my heart</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The price I would have to pay</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To have new experiences</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The carriage stops in front of my sanctuary</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The one room school we all share</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I step out gracefully</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Smoothing down my plain black dress</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I feel the same caged texture I do every day</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I feel the wind blow</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Loosening my bonnet</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Giving me the desire to take it off</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Letting the wind whip through my hair</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Instead I tighten it, </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Securing the white material to my head</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I enter the room lit by candles</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Electricity does not exist for me</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That world seems so far away</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I take my seat</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoying this luxury while it lasts</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing once I complete this year</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I will not see the inside of a school again</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">February 27, 2011</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-67543564498616105012011-02-09T11:47:00.001-08:002011-11-10T14:01:40.494-08:00Left in the Desert<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Left in the Desert</i><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Love is to open sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As loathing is to hell<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How easily and swiftly<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One can turn into another<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One moment we are holding hands<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The next I’m crying<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Your cruel words<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Cutting me,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tearing me into pieces<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You didn’t think twice<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Before telling me all the lies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Was any of it true?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart was your toy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never caring if you broke it<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Because you already had another<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was naive to trust you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thinking you wouldn’t do to me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What I watched you do to her<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Promises broken<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You took everything from me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing you had everything<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You left me in the desert<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Without water<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not caring if I made it out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Here I am<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">ALIVE<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With the strength<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You never cared to see<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I hope when you see me now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You fill with regret<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Feeling the hell you tried to bring on me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The fire never reaching me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">While depths of hell consumes you<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My fate is left to the open sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With all of the possibilities<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That I possess now<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am free<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The burden of you is gone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Letting me breath in the fresh air<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Exhilarating me<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">February 9, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-75262201508595935882011-02-08T18:07:00.001-08:002011-11-10T14:01:57.052-08:00Morning Sunlight<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Morning Sunlight</i><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Morning sunlight ripples across the rivers surface</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A picture perfect moment</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That goes unnoticed</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is in a hurry</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never taking a moment</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To take in the beauty</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We take these things for granted</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not thinking that someday these luxuries may not be here</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What if morning came without sun?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then will we stop and notice?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Taking time to hear the bird’s story</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That he sings to us each morning</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Instead of hitting the snooze</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Open yourself to the world outside</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Appreciate what is waiting outside the door</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">January 23, 2011</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-14346023749080621182010-10-26T20:30:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:02:11.199-08:00Fate<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Fate</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This game you play</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is very dangerous</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like jumping out of a plane</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Forgetting your parachute</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You act innocent</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like an angel</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From above</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Pure and fragile</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Guess again</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Your act only works on a crowd</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not part of it</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I see you for who you are</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stripping away the mask</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That fools everyone else</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You start a war</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I’m winning</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You retreat </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Finding higher authority</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hiding behind them</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like I’m the one</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who committed treason</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Harming one of my own</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You didn’t expect me to fight back</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When you first attacked</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Sorry to disappoint you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I’m not defeated</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just like that</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You may have begun this war</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Trying to take an advantage over me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Despair will only fall on you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I will finish first</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">every time</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I fight for victory</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Never backing down</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Think again</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Before throwing punches my way</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you choose to anyways</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Finish what you started </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You can’t hide</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just because things</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t go your way</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the end you will pay</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Eventually your body</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Will crash to the ground</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With nothing there to stop you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But the last feeling</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Of branches</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Causing you every bit of pain</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You inflicted on me</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">All because you played dangerously</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving behind your parachute</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Fate claims you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">October 26, 2010</span></div>
<div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To the mean girl(s) in my past. You know who you are! I always Persevere.</span></div>
</div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-74334567994534940422010-10-21T10:43:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:02:24.195-08:00Scars<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i>Scars</i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The scars that mark me</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Can’t be seen</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">They wrap themselves around</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">A fragile part of me</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Where I feel every one</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Some start out small</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Even unnoticeable</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Until they grow</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Not being able to ignore</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The pain that is really there</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">It was hidden for so long</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The appearance hits me hard</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Taking my breath away</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Somehow my heart still beats</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">With the scars that cover it</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">This heart once unmarked</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Is a canvas for scars</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">They seem to spread</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Like a burning fire</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">That can’t be put out</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I feel each one</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Like I’m touching the flame</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The burning starts out subtle</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Then becomes unbearable</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">To lose this pain</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I must reconcile</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The mistake I made</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">So long ago</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">I can’t hide</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The pain I feel inside</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">It is too strong</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">To hold onto</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Without losing hope</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Happiness so far away</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">My heart wont be content</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Until certain scars are healed</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">September 30,2010</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-1653141588437346222010-10-21T10:38:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:02:35.636-08:00Distant Memory<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Distant Memory</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tears spill down my face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I just can't get away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So real, so deep<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Consumes my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who do you think you are?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Winning me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The prize you sought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Then throwing me away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like a worthless souvenir<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You picked up along the way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I looked for the good<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That I thought I saw<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Giving you a chance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To hold my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Instead you crushed it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Without a care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stripping the mask you held<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Finding the cold heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hidden beneath<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Don't have feelings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I don't care to stay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This game you play<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Won't touch me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Soon you will see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">How strong I can be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Soon you will be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Like a distant memory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A beautiful rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With thorns that pierced me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The wounds heal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As if it never happened<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It will be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As if you don't exist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">©Christie cote<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">October 21, 2010</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For Adair Doe</span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-48219528318769862562010-08-10T15:58:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:02:51.894-08:00The Beauty Of the Sun<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Beauty Of The Sun</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When the sun sets</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It's a beauty of</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">All the memories</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">You have...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And when the world goes dark</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Things seem impossible...</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But don't give up</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Sun will rise once again</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">December 6, 2005</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-81379677521192507512010-08-03T23:40:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:03:12.757-08:00Looking Back<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Looking Back</i></b></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today I find myself</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Looking back</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Thinking about how it should have been</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Regrets are spread across the past</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Trading in people who mattered</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For one unforgiving mistake</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wanting to go back</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Choosing the other path</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Life has found its way</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To where I am today</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This person I have become</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Is who I want to be</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Both roads would have lead to here and now</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately the path I followed</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Left behind the people</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who mattered most </span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart feels the loss</span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I clearly still care</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After all this time</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I have the memories stored</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And the thoughts of the ones that could have been</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can never get back</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">What I lost</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Part of me hoping they understand</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Disappointment in myself</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For going against</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Everything I was</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Turning into a robot</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who couldn’t make choices</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Or let my own voice be heard</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">When I went down that path</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I became programmed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Stuck until I overrode it</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Finding my voice again</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Knowing I wasn’t the only one</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Who got hurt in the process</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Part of my life was taken away</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A part I will never get back</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Will always bare the scar</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That will have the memories underneath</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No matter where life takes me</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I will always remember</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">August 4, 2010</span></div>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-71159206942680871652010-07-25T19:18:00.000-07:002011-11-10T14:03:23.828-08:00Best Friends Forever<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Best Friends Forever</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">It’s been so long</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Since that first day</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Of second grade</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We found each other</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And stuck together</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We were shy back then</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We were just each other’s friend</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Best friends is what we become</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Deciding we would stay that way</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Life was more simple then</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We could carelessly play</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Not thinking we were in any danger</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As we got older</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Our choice of friends changed</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But we still held on</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To our friendship</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The day came that I had to move away</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Leaving my best friend behind</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Life wasn’t the same</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No one can replace</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The special bond we made</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Most friends come and go</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">But we were best friends for life</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Over the years</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We have grown apart</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lost touch for long periods of time</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the end</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We have always found each other again</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Our friendship is stronger than most</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">No matter where life takes us</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And how different we become</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We can always count on each other</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That’s what best friends do</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">© Christie Cote</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">July 25, 2010</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For Amber Bessette</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-75078079769895179512010-07-24T23:54:00.006-07:002011-11-10T14:03:54.711-08:00A Perfect Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i>A Perfect Day</i></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As you watch the sky</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The beauty of it</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Is in your eyes</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The summer wind</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Blowing in your hair</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As everything is at peace</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The world seems perfect</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Like nothing can go wrong</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">All your worries</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Have diminished into it beauty</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The song that the birds sing</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Are like no other</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The life they symbolize is pure and unique</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As you’re out there</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You can wonder why</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Life isn’t always this peaceful</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You can listen with your heart</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And close your eyes and dream</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But in the end</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You will always know</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">That life could never be this perfect.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">© Christie Cote</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">January 9, 2005</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-65300130584174443712010-07-24T23:54:00.005-07:002011-11-10T14:04:02.893-08:00Lost Friend<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It has been years since we have been friends</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Why do I still think of you</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It still hurts to see your name</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I’m the one who walked away</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But I tried to come back</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Wanted to make things right</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Why did you say it was ok</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you were just going to turn your back on me anyways</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Those words hit me hard</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I still don’t understand</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You find me in my dreams</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But when I awake your not there</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I never stopped caring about you</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I hear songs and think about you</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I can even hear your voice singing along</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">All I have left is my memories</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I can’t forget you</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The friendship we had</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Was special</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I regret every day</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Losing the connection we had</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How did we go from being so close</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To not knowing each other at all</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I want to talk to you to hear your voice</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And laugh with you about the past</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Watching you play piano singing from your heart</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I was your number one fan</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But first I was your best friend</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">As you get closer to your dream</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Don’t forget where you came from</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Remember your friends that stood beside you</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In the very beginning</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">May 4, 2010</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-21852350365719734372010-07-24T23:54:00.001-07:002011-11-10T13:55:00.732-08:00Hiding Who I Am<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Why do you ask me to hide myself</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Taking away who I am inside</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Telling me it is not ok</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To reflect myself</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">In things I do and say</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Who are you to say</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">That these things are not ok</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">You chip away at me</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Slowly making me into</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The robot you want me to be</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Individuality is just a dream</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I’m living in a world</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Where it is not invited</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I must talk a certain way</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And act following your standards</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Or I will not be accepted</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Losing myself along the way</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">So I can walk among you</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How will I stand out</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">If you make me like everyone else</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Soon you will not be able</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To tell me apart from anyone else</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I will just blend in</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lost in the sea of sameness</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i>New Sight</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I was blind for so long</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">When I finally opened my eyes</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And could see clearly</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the first time</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I saw what was right in front of me</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Waiting for so long</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hoping I was not too late</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Not wanting to lose something so great</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Somehow no one saw</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Making it hard to believe</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">That I wasn’t in a dream</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">And I am really this lucky</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the first time</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I had something worthwhile</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">November 29, 2009</span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4986460777510145677.post-23524616030219765222010-07-24T23:53:00.001-07:002011-11-10T13:57:19.213-08:00Losing The Fear<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Losing the Fear</i></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">My heart is trying to tell me something</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Growing inside me</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">But the fear makes me unsure</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Knowing you will never hurt me</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Doesn’t keep it away</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This is an all new experience</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Better than I could have ever imagined</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I have easily fallen into it</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Never looking back</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Loving where it has brought me</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Only wanting more</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Even with that fear still inside</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I don’t know why it is there</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Hopefully in time</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">It will no longer be there</span></span></div>
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