tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48517056175729890002024-03-04T23:27:15.465-08:00MusingsMy thoughts....
My feelings....
My words.....Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-71897657879611189802021-09-08T00:22:00.001-07:002021-09-08T00:22:28.132-07:00<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">BROKEN PROMISES<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Each time you made
a promise<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Anticipation took
me to a world<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of expectation, a
world of hope<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where wishes came
true<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">And dreams became
real<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where there was
always something<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">To look forward to…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Passing time……frequent
reminders….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">But never happening….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just putting me off….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">With more words….more
hope…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Saying the right
things<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the right time<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Without meaning
them…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet I clung on….finding
excuses…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wanting to believe
you…<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">But unable to….as
the distance<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Between your words
and your actions<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Kept growing….and I
realized<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">What is important
to me<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Is not as important
to you…..<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">I heard the
noiseless tinkling<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of my illusions
shattering<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Destroying my faith
in your promises<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hurting badly….and
finally letting go<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of my trust in your
empty words….<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">Afraid to hope…..afraid
to believe<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: medium;">In your words
anymore….</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-29686073459340596592021-07-27T00:17:00.002-07:002021-07-27T00:17:20.396-07:00Old Songs<div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_12" style="padding: 4px 16px 16px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">The feeling of nostalgia</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">On hearing old songs</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Teasing the heart</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Into remembering…</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> An era long gone</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> But not forgotten..</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Buried under a heap</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Of new memories</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> And experiences…</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Struggling to surface</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Evoking recollections</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of an age of innocence</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;">Freedom and harmony..</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Lost… yet appearing</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Within reach</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Happy…. Yet tinged</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> With sadness..</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Seeming like</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Another lifetime…</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Another existence….</span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><div class="l9j0dhe7" id="jsc_c_13" style="position: relative;"><div class="l9j0dhe7" style="position: relative;"><a class="oajrlxb2 gs1a9yip g5ia77u1 mtkw9kbi tlpljxtp qensuy8j ppp5ayq2 goun2846 ccm00jje s44p3ltw mk2mc5f4 rt8b4zig n8ej3o3l agehan2d sk4xxmp2 rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 a8c37x1j mg4g778l btwxx1t3 pfnyh3mw p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x tgvbjcpo hpfvmrgz jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso l9j0dhe7 i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of du4w35lb lzcic4wl abiwlrkh p8dawk7l tm8avpzi" href="https://business.facebook.com/105610905148466/photos/a.105790788463811/109445931431630/?type=3&av=105610905148466&eav=AfZKOd0EL4xntid__7i7KZS6caOIe4EhY69mWuzez7Ln1xdnHRyMPCW65RNWyFuiDdw&__cft__[0]=AZWuo-r5R506eDwa7My1GXVx2gYdoMMy6VA5tIpujj8oyaX9L6EuvL3CfmEUBBTxq8rG_Fsmm4Kst69drr5ghEhMGTZWWS-yvDwwI9gmkH0DuH6qq9G7F6VPu_Mb4zXEI4RvQcXCu6dR7K7goPvJo0yZ&__tn__=EH-R" rel="theater" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="n8tt0mok n1l5q3vz" style="margin-top: 12px; padding-right: 2px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v lrazzd5p oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">8</span></div><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d9wwppkn fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb mdeji52x e9vueds3 j5wam9gi knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.2308; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">People Reached</span></div></div></div></div><div class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl l9j0dhe7 abiwlrkh p8dawk7l" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="n8tt0mok n1l5q3vz" style="margin-top: 12px; padding-right: 2px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v lrazzd5p oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">1</span></div><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d9wwppkn fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb mdeji52x e9vueds3 j5wam9gi knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.2308; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Engagement</span></div></div></div></div><div class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl l9j0dhe7 abiwlrkh p8dawk7l" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: none;" tabindex="0"><div class="n8tt0mok n1l5q3vz" style="margin-top: 12px; padding-right: 2px;"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px;"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v lrazzd5p oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.9375rem; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">–</span></div><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d" style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d9wwppkn fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb mdeji52x e9vueds3 j5wam9gi knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto" style="color: var(--primary-text); display: block; font-family: var(--font-family-segoe); font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1.2308; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Distribution Score</span></div></div></div></div><div class="bkfpd7mw j83agx80 n8tt0mok n1l5q3vz" style="display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; margin-top: 12px; padding-right: 2px;"><div class="if5qj5rh tb4cuiq2 kojzg8i3" role="none" style="display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="g1fckbup dfy4e4am gcxdxe9k sdgvddc7 b8b10xji okyvhjd0 rpcniqb6 jytk9n0j ojz0a1ch avm085bc mtc4pi7f jza0iyw7 njc9t6cs qhe9tvzt spzutpn9 puibpoiz svsqgeze if5qj5rh har4n1i8 diwav8v6 nlmdo9b9 h706y6tg qbdq5e12 j90q0chr rbzcxh88 h8e39ki1 rgsc13q7 a53abz89 llt6l64p pt6x234n bmtosu2b hk3wrqk2 s7wjoji2 jztyeye0 d5rc5kzv jdcxz0ji frrweqq6 qnavoh4n b1hd98k5 c332bl9r f1dwqt7s rqkdmjxc tb4cuiq2 nmystfjm kojzg8i3 m33fj6rl wy1fu5n8 chuaj5k6 hkz453cq dkjikr3h ay1kswi3 lcvupfea siqinikb ppbiusal" role="button" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; align-items: center; border-bottom-color: var(--always-dark-overlay); 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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">We let go of expectations</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">But we are always <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This little bundle became a part of our lives eight years ago.....</div>
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Alfie Kurup, love and cherish you....</div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Genuinely
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">A friendly
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">And a loving
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">His soft,
melting eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Speaking
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">His silent
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Inspite of
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Tied up at
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">According to
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Waiting to
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Whenever we
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">His freedom
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">To suit our
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Life passing
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif";">Taking each
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Life's full of questions</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">As we ponder its meaning..</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">and purpose....</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">We go through the motions</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">of living...or what we consider</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">the need to belong....</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Do they remain after we move on</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">or do they also end with us?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">but memories......</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dashing into the house to change<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And dashing out again to play<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The basketball court beckoned to us……..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A place to meet…to play…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To be part of a team….to grow…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To win….to lose….to learn…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To be there for each other…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Keeping pace with the dribbling
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The constant challenge to net the
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The gleeful laughter, the disappointed
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The failures, the euphoric highs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The battles won and lost, the lessons
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">More valuable than school<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Today it stands silent and alone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-4501628512818238922015-07-06T05:18:00.002-07:002015-07-06T05:18:58.099-07:00Married Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A relationship changing equations<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">like shifting sand dunes, slow….subtle..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Starting with dreams….passion..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">becoming a compromise<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">when children come along..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the bonds become ties, ties become
chains,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">tying two people…into a life sentence…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The focus shifts, as children become<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the lifeline to hold on to..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">until they go their different ways…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">duties and obligations take over<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">love, understanding and compatibility…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">what we want to do, gets suppressed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">by what we ought to do…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We continue living, leading parallel
lives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">trying to fill the emptiness in our
spaces <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with friends, work and various
interests…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">freedom becomes loneliness…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">independence becomes indifference…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">spaces become distances..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">too great to be bridged…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So it goes on….a charade..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">spontaneity lost in silence…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">taking each other for granted<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">staying together for appearances…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and for others..a farce with<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">forced caring, reluctant sharing…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">not reason enough to break free…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yet needing each other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">on some basic, subconscious plane<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">having no more desires…no more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">expectations..just used to each other<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">comfortable in our differences<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">content to be with someone who<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">knows us at our best….and our worst…</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-34908231365014859572015-05-01T02:08:00.001-07:002015-05-01T02:08:07.970-07:00My Life is Beautiful!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
stand by the wayside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ignored
by those passing by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No
one gives me a glance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No
one spares me a thought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No
one waters me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Or
delights in my growth…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
am neither beautiful<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nor
useful in any way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
presence makes no difference<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To
the earth or the sky<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No
one will ever notice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">If
I live or if I die….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stamped
upon and put down<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For
daring to stand tall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Plucked
out and thrown away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To
let others survive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
have no place in any garden<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">No
farmer lets me grow….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Yet
I thrive on my own</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without
being nurtured<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without
being cherished<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without
love or attention<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without
any support or care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
grow abundant and wild….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
wind wipes my tears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
rain washes away my hurts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
sunshine warms me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The
dew drops kiss me awake<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Giving
me reasons to hold on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And
live for myself….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
believe in my existence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
buds have dreams<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
shoots have hopes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
flowers have life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
leaves are alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My
heart too bleeds……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-59779913916965855002014-12-21T02:55:00.002-08:002014-12-21T02:55:19.424-08:00Our Love Story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We never had
a past<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No yesterdays
to hold on to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No loving
memories to cling on to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nothing to
show…… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For a love
that began so long ago………<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We will never
have a future<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No tomorrows
to look forward to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">No dreams to
come true<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Nothing to
hope…… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For a love
that will never die ……..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">All I have
are some moments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Stolen from
the present …….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Precious and
treasured, for their rarity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">…... A few
moments of hearing your voice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">……A few
moments of seeing your face<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Creating
memories……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For a love
that asks for nothing more……. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yet the
thought that you love me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Gives me the
strength to move on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Without
dreams, without hopes,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Without any
expectations…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For a love
that will last all my life……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-76930738786685420212014-12-07T01:13:00.001-08:002014-12-07T01:15:02.104-08:00LIKE CINDERELLA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Riding high on happiness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the wings of love<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fired by passion and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fuelled by desire….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Forgetting my priorities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blind to all realities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Living in a daze…. And<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Shutting the world out….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Feeling like Cinderella<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">With her charming prince<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoying her moments of glory<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">And dancing the night away….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Feeling so alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Feeling so free<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Floating in a dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Knowing it wouldn’t last….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Out of control <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And carried away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a mad, euphoric ride<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Leading nowhere…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Without any ego<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Or any pride…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Oblivious to everything<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">But my love for you….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pleasure was worth the pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">memories flickering through</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the mists of forgetfulness</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">flashing sporadically, like</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">slipping a net over them</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">in a vain bid to hold on</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">but slithering through the mesh</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that my mind had become....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">trying desperately to bring</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">struggling to recollect...gasping</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">for the air of remembrance</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">names and faces blurring</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">thoughts churning restlessly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">vague recollections of events</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">distorted by time and space</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">as if looking at</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the fog rolling over and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">blotting out the views</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">losing myself slowly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the people, the events</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">alone and terrified</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">with my sense of self</span></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-77797009261516297472013-07-16T07:27:00.001-07:002013-07-16T07:27:44.576-07:00In Limbo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the hues left behind<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">in memories…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">an incomplete dream<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">pricking at the eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">an unfinished story<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">at a crossroad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">waiting to end...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">life in limbo…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Loving people who have<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">No need of my love…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Seeking my happiness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In keeping others happy…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Getting hurt trying<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Not to hurt anyone…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Hiding my suffering<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Under a mask of anger… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Always misunderstood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">For speaking out…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Attempting to hold on<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When tempted to give up…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Locking it all away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In my own box of pain…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Unwittingly opening it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">When overwhelmed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Or in despair….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Like Pandora…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Feeling so strange<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">disconnected and adrift<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">No longer having<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">the urge to talk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">or open up to anyone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">comfortable in the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">silence of my solitude….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Taking a good look<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">at my own self<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">through my eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">accepting what I am<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">not what I appear to be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Without presuming….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Without thinking…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Listening to the<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">voice of my heart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">feeling the pulse<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">of my soul...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">No longer tied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Rejoicing in my<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">completeness…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Rising beyond<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">my limitations…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Finally at peace<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">with my thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-51408384498015451702013-06-10T07:09:00.000-07:002013-06-10T07:10:05.602-07:00In such a place...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Where I can be alone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and feel the solitude seep in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Where I remove the cloak<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">worn in the outside world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">the dancing winds…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">one with the stillness <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Learning the art of self sacrifice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the hope of being loved…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like a puppet on a string</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Turning this way and that</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Without the freedom to choose…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Going through expected motions</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With emotions locked inside</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a life where nothing is mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have my dreams to hold on to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dreams of making a difference…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dreams of hope and love…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I send them out into the world</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To be broken and trampled upon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yet they come back smiling</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I refuse to give up and let them go…</span>…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">picture courtesy </span><a href="http://creativewriting.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/these_dreams_fly_on_fragile_wings_by_sophiaazhou-d5xeo691.jpg">http://creativewriting.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/these_dreams_fly_on_fragile_wings_by_sophiaazhou-d5xeo691.jpg</a></div>
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Archanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285495699075785321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851705617572989000.post-23067451333314279182013-01-09T08:07:00.000-08:002013-05-26T09:07:24.186-07:00Someone........somewhere.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">How I wish….</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">There was someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Somewhere…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To whom I could run<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With all my problems….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would take charge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And tell me not to
worry….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With whom I needn’t
pretend<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To be strong always…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In whose comforting
arms<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I could cry my hurts
away….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would allay my
fears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">About what is right or
wrong….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would help me take
decisions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">By sorting out my
confusions…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To whom I could just
talk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">About anything and
everything…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With whom I could share<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">My ideas, thoughts and
feelings….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who cared enough<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">To spare some time for
me…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would surprise me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">With little displays of
affection….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would make me laugh<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And just be there for
me…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would appreciate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The little ways I show
I care….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would trust me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">And share things with
me….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would just hug me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For no reason at all….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who would pamper me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The way I long to be…..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Who thought I was special<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Just the way I am….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">How I wish….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For someone…….somewhere......<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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