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jellybeans
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0 posted 2001-04-06 10:06 AM


I finally stopped forgetting
yesterdays and
it came to me that you
don't say you are sorry
anymore.  And I finally realized
why
I hung so dearly
onto your apologies-
they gave me reason
to leave yesterdays
unremembered.

Time, ever on the side of
forgetfulness eased
growing babies and increasing bills
into one school year
after another.
And now that it is
long past those days when there
was an us, I find myself
traipsing once forgotten paths
searching for the reasons
for this troubled truce
that we call a life.
Daily I remind myself
of the rewards and reasons
and pray that in the end
they will be enough to
compensate for this wasteland
I call my heart.


© Copyright 2001 jellybeans - All Rights Reserved
Brad Majors
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1 posted 2001-04-06 10:19 AM


I sadly can relate to this piece. Take heart you are not alone. Great writing !
Seymour Tabin
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Tamarac Fla
2 posted 2001-04-06 10:24 AM


As long as you have a pocket full of jellybeans it will never be a waste land.
Always enjoy your work.

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3 posted 2001-04-06 04:14 PM


it came to me that you
don't say you are sorry
anymore.  And I finally realized
why
I hung so dearly
onto your apologies-
they gave me reason
to leave yesterdays
unremembered.

No apologies, no forgiving, no forgetting... only going on because going on is what you do... but there isn't any compensation for turning a loving heart into a wasteland... You've written such sadness here!


Sven
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4 posted 2001-04-11 01:09 PM


there is that time when it's just easier to move on. . .

wonderful words. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

jellybeans
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5 posted 2001-04-12 02:51 PM


thansk all, I have had such a hectic week, I didn't realize that I didnt' say thank you  
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