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Marsha
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0 posted 2007-05-14 09:56 AM



Pawns

I’m just a pawn
In your power games
You protect your queen
But what of me
I’m sacrificed, swept away
My moves across
Your chequered path
In single squares
Never allowed to race
Or block your way

I’m sequestered away
A disposable asset
Cut to pieces
By the hurtful words
Reduced to snatching
Crumbs of your time
Someone who waits
But isn’t allowed to
Take more than
An odd moment

I’m a subsequent clause
A throwaway line
Someone you only see
To extol the virtues
Of your angelic dream
Her vast superiority
Far outweighs my charms
You compare us
Denying me any worth
Except a good heart

I’m a bagatelle
A nonentity to you
And yet, I still wait
Wait until you can see
That I am worth more
Than her flashy looks
I’m real, I’m true
And still I remain
In love with you

Marsha©

This is a poem I wrote a long time ago, but have just rediscovered it on an old hard drive. please forgive me posting something so old, it isn't about me, either then and definitely not nowadays.
Love you all muchly x x x x

Tomorrow is another day I don't know what it holds
but I can face the future with courage brave and bold

Footprints In My Heart
Kethry

© Copyright 2007 Marsha Grace Melody Todd - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2007-05-14 10:00 AM


MarshaLovie~
It's SO GOOD to see your face ... I don't give a fig if you post something that's 40 years old !!!

Love you ... and miss you muchly~
You really DO owe me an email !!!
Now get to it !!!

*Huglets*
~*Me

~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~
Email -             noles1@totcon.com

aziza
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2 posted 2007-05-14 10:01 AM


Nice to know it is not about you (smiles)

I’m a subsequent clause
A throwaway line

Wonderful lines, but I do love those two.

Alison

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3 posted 2007-05-14 11:45 AM


I am so glad it isn't about you...my heart was hurting as I read this poem...you have captured much of what I felt in many years ago...Stunningly powerful...touches the soul deeply...*Big Big Hugs*
Drauntz
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4 posted 2007-05-14 04:36 PM


see, when you get through all of this "pains",
you sure will be the queen, the real queen


enjoyed. good poem.

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5 posted 2007-05-17 04:37 PM


I’m a subsequent clause
A throwaway line

Absolutely brilliant! *S* I love the entire poem... but these touch me in particular... maybe because I know writing a lot better than chess. *S*  So much pain... written perfectly. *S*

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