This Poem was Submitted By: Valerie Ann Baker On Date: 2001-01-19 12:23:09 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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"Forever Reprieved"

What do you do in a place where right is wrong? Day after day, you try your hardest to be strong. You listen to your family's criticism. You listen to their hate. You listen to them complain about a father they should appreciate. So, you don't know which person to choose. You don't know which on you are going to listen to. You try doing something else. You are happy for a little while, but you have to come back to that place, filled with pain and denial. You wait for a moment that it is all going to end. But you have been forever reprieved, time and time again. The days drag on. Your heart is screaming. The nights go quickly. You anger is bleeding. Something is going to happen. Something you can't ignore. Can you put a family back together that has been tore? You go to a room. With only you and your mind. You heart stops racing. Can you do this one more time? The hate and the anger, Will never go away. They are locked inside you heart to stay. They have been their for so many years. They have caused you worst doubts and fears. They have created a home in your heart, and they will always be there. Always having hate and anger to spare. Don't let hate and anger control your life. Don't make it your only sacraifice. Control it. Put it away. Look for joy and peace inside. It is not easy being forever reprieved. It is hard telling the hate and anger to leave. But with love in your heart, and the blood on your hands. One day soon you will have to take a stand!

Copyright © January 2001 Valerie Ann Baker

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