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If They Only Knew

November 8, 2010
By MRose911 GOLD, Paradise, Utah
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MRose911 GOLD, Paradise, Utah
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"No boy is worth crying over and the one who is won't make you cry." - Sarah Kane

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People pass judgment
With a blink of their eye.
They take one look,
Hear one thing,
And twist it.
They assume by your look,
Manipulate your words,
Just to coming to the outcome you don’t deserve.
Others listen to them,
Even if it’s not true.
A picture gets drawn in everyone’s mind
About what you say, think and do.
But I’m not what they think
Cause if they only knew,
They would think another 4 times
Before they judged me ONCE.
They would try to picture walking in my shoes.
But people don’t know,
And think they have a place,
To let a word about me slip their lips,
That would be stomped and killed,
If they only knew.

© Keenan C., Kannapolis, NC

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MRose911 GOLD said...
on Jan. 12 2011 at 11:47 pm
MRose911 GOLD, Paradise, Utah
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&quot;No boy is worth crying over and the one who is won&#039;t make you cry.&quot; - Sarah Kane

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Thank you!! :)
MaddieWo PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 11 2011 at 6:43 pm
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I like how it's all general at first then you slip in an I and BAM everything changes

(ps I love your poetry topics)