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For Maddy
September 5, 2011
For Maddy
Her life, immortalized in me and pen
Fills mine with meaning
And through her I can find myself again
Surrounded by a sickly mother
Who tried to take the best of me
she did what she thought would bring me further
I had the option to leave everything I knew
And start again, away from my own devil
but my new family, too, whom she slew
Pulling out that gun and the firing started
Was it a spur of the moment thing?
Different targets, but it still hit my heart
And in trying to keep me to herself
She broke the only thing keeping me there; her own spell
© Eric S., Platte City, MO
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austenite77 GOLD said...
on Oct. 18 2011 at 7:53 pm
I liked this a lot, for some reason it soudned almost Shakspearean to me. I love Shakspeare!
