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I Take Back My Tears MAG

September 5, 2008
By Lilyan Howard BRONZE, Tallahasee, Florida
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I take back my tears
the wasted years
I spent crying
for what never could happen

I take back my heart
my shattered heart
Up off the ground
and back in my arms

I take back my hope
wasted on you
and toss it aside
for it has no meaning now

Nothing you say
no words
no songs
can heal the bleeding wound
That you opened again and again

I walk a free woman
held by nothing of yours
and fly away free
as free as the wind

© Ankaret E., Brampton, England

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on Jun. 13 2011 at 11:00 am
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This is very good (: please check out some of my stuff?
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on Jun. 13 2011 at 9:06 am
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Great job on poem. Very uplifting piece of work.
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I think that this is a very outstanding poem. I can relate to this poem alot. I am actually glad to have read this poem.
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Such a wonderful poem!  It reminds me exactly of a relationship that I was in and how much I loved that young man.  That wound is still in the healing process.  Keep up the great work and never let anyone tell you that you're not a great writer.
TenslieCyrusCuttie said...
on May. 31 2011 at 12:51 pm
Wow this is a turley inspiration! its really amazing and explains my old relationship i had with my ex! Nice Job...Keep up the good work!
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on May. 30 2011 at 2:07 pm
DHiz wuss amazinqq ! Yu truely have talent !
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really nice good job
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A year ago I would've said this was about me and my BF.  Now he's my ex but only because we both agreed to wait and see if we could last as just friends until we were older.  Thank you for posting this.  It's well written heartfelt articles like this that help me keep my sanity or lose it. 
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This poem is beatuiful!


Lime said...
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wow thats really deep, and from the heart
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That is a really beautiful poem. I can completely relate to it and you really created just the right mood. Keep it up!
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This was really good I understand the emotion you tried to portray completely do you think you can check out my work and comment and tell me what you think

 

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This is really good,  I hate to think that we all have to expeirience it sometime.  Hey, can you look at some of my work and tell me what you think please.:))
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i think every girl in the world could relate to this at some point in their life. it is so great and so true. i absolutly love it. 
Clarissa♥ said...
on May. 20 2011 at 2:36 pm

This is such a pretty poem!

Keep it up!

& i can relate to this 100%

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this is amazing! and my sister should read this because it has happened to her so many times before.
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Personally, this is one of my favorite, it sounds very confident and inspiring. you sounds like you have a very strong will, keep up your good work :)
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Lovely! Keep it up.
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yeah that true. and its *melancholy btw
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It really speaks its sunshine is a meloncolly setting.