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Open Letter

April 9, 2015
By sarahcarp63 DIAMOND, Denver, Colorado
sarahcarp63 DIAMOND, Denver, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
'The really important people in life have a way of coming back to you'
'Good enough isn't good enough'
'You don't have to be sick to get better'
'Come what may and love it'


Consider this an open letter
Of why I picked up and left
I want something better
Than doing what others said
I just want a choice
In what I’m doing with my life
I don’t really see the point
Of never having the power to decide

I don’t know what I want out of life exactly
But I know I’d like to be happy
Because I haven’t tasted that in a while
Don’t know where I’m headed or how to get there
I know I’m getting the hell out of here
A few hundred miles
Cause there’s a past I’d die to escape
And meet a new fate
Maybe there I could catch a break
So I’m running, running away

The past is already etched in ink
Theres no way to change what’s written
I can’t change what people think
About the things I did and didn’t
The future has a clean slate
Waiting for me to make up my mind
The life I live will be one that I make
And will heal my heart in time

I don’t know what I want out of life exactly
But I know I’d like to be happy
Because I haven’t tasted that in a while
Don’t know where I’m headed or how to get there
I know I’m getting the hell out of here
A few hundred miles
Cause there’s a past I’d die to escape
And meet a new fate
Maybe there I could catch a break
So I’m running, running away

I just need a new beginning
Need a fresh start
I just need a new escape
Need to get far, far, far away

I don’t know what I want out of life exactly
But I know I’d like to be happy
Because I haven’t tasted that in a while
Don’t know where I’m headed or how to get there
I know I’m getting the hell out of here
A few hundred miles
Cause there’s a past I’d die to escape
And meet a new fate
Maybe there I could catch a break
So I’m running, running away



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