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Susan Caldwell
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0 posted 2003-06-02 01:33 PM


I wonder if you realize
That sorry came too late
I love you still
But forgiveness is not an escape

I felt the branding heat of your hate
Saw tears of regretful love
And the wounds of your anger
I wore like a sequined glove

I call you still
Because acting is what you demanded
But never forget
Acceptance has long ago been remanded

I, no longer child
A role you took to cope
Ignorance your forte
The part you choose to stoke

Looking back I finally see
The blame you placed
Was a façade
A masked tribute to your own insecurity

You branded me
With scarlet letter
All the while it was green you wore
Disguised with throne and crown
To make yourself feel better

So sit you will
In your mirage of sand
Knowing all the while
It is me, that with a purse of lips
Could cause you to wear the brand


© Copyright 2003 Susan Caldwell - All Rights Reserved
Seymour Tabin
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1 posted 2003-06-02 01:39 PM


Susan,
Reads plain enough to me, enjoyed.

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2 posted 2003-06-02 02:01 PM


oh, someone has just been branded
good venting write

Brad Majors
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3 posted 2003-06-02 02:05 PM


Brilliantly done!
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4 posted 2003-06-02 02:15 PM


good write
your word talk for themselfs

A smile a day keeps the world in smile's.
Bernie Slicker

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5 posted 2003-06-03 03:46 AM


awesome!
Brad Majors
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6 posted 2003-06-03 11:57 AM


^bump^
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7 posted 2003-06-05 01:49 PM


OK, let me be sure I have this right; we don't like this person, yes?

Remember vengeance is a hot dish served right from the oven; it usually burns every one it touches.  Revenge is dessert for the patient; it is best served very cold.

Susan Caldwell
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8 posted 2003-06-05 02:09 PM


Icebox,

Wrong...I love the person that I spoke about.  However, they not only weren't there when I needed them most, they turned on me for their own selfish reasons.  I was a child and they sacrificed me.  Revenge? No..just venting...I may act like I forgave her but I will never forget....

Make sense now?

Thank you for reading!
Susan

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