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Letting Go

July 26, 2011
By NaiNelson PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
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Change in life is never easy, but you have to learn to deal with it because life doesn't slow down for stragglers.

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I can see your face as the smoke lifts away,
I can see the tears falling from your eyes,
And I want to catch them for you, put them in a bottle to help you lock up your sorrow,
But then water came down from the sky, too much for me to contain,
So I watched as you crumbled to the ground, waisting away,
But I'm sorry to say I didn't shed a tear, I kept them in a bottle on my mantle,
And even now that September's over, time has dried your tears, but mine are still too real sitting in that bottle on my mantle

© Rebecca S., Coventry, RI

The author's comments:
It's better to get the crying over with-- youll forget about your tears faster and have more time to laugh ;)
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