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August 14, 2014
By RandomPoet SILVER, Apopka, Florida
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RandomPoet SILVER, Apopka, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what your gonna get&quot;Forrest Gump<br /> &quot;Never say goodbye, because goodbye means going away and going away means for getting&quot;Peterpan

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I thought I loved a man,
a man he is not.
I thought I loved a man compelled with feeling a compassion.

I thought I loved a man,
a man who has seen the world through eyes I have not yet to experience.

I thought I loved a man,
who was stubborn, who was blunt.
I thought I loved a man,
who could not break.

I have never been more wrong.

I loved a man who was not afraid to feel.
I loved a man who expressed who he was through his words.
I loved a man who'd sit down and cry, and not be ashamed.

I loved a man who I thought was a man,
a man he is not.

Yet a boy transitioning into a man,
a transition.

A beautiful transition.

© Kyle W., Pompton Plains, NJ

The author's comments:
I wrote this when I was going through a tough time with my ex boyfriend. He and I were trying to rekindle our relationship after two years of not talking and I was terrified of falling for him again. I sat down one day and began to think in return I got this poem. Enjoy.
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