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May 30, 2011
By Mad13658 GOLD, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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Mad13658 GOLD, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;ve got to love what&#039;s lovable, and hate what&#039;s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.&quot;<br /> - Robert Frost

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You talk and I listen
It’s one in the same
Yet the important things are what you lock away
You ask if I trust you
I say one hundred percent
You told me the same
But yet as I listen to you now
I know there’s something I missed
For if you trusted me I would have known how miserable you’ve been
How do I know this hasn’t been a lie?
Three weeks you didn’t tell me you thought you weren’t the guy
I guess some good has come from this
I realized how much I can care
No matter what happens
There will be a spot in my heart for you
Even if it didn’t end up how we wanted it to

© Elizabeth G., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
This poem is about my break up with my first love. We didn't know if we wanted to end things or not.
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