The mistake I made
Was not daring to cry
If you looked in my eyes
They’d shimmer and shineThe mistake I made
Was not daring to scream
I’d lock it away
And throw away the keyNow I cry
Even if I don’t know why
Now I scream
Just to let off steamMy heart, now lighter
My smile, now broader
My mistakes, hope fewer
As I grow older and wiser
© -Vivian Zems
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August 6, 2017 at 7:28 pm
This is amazing 🙂
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August 6, 2017 at 7:36 pm
Thanks for saying that 🙂
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August 6, 2017 at 9:13 pm
I’ll do my crying in the rain
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August 6, 2017 at 9:46 pm
Awww
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August 6, 2017 at 9:50 pm
It’s an old song by the Everly Brothers 🙂
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August 7, 2017 at 8:14 pm
Best ever! It is epic…
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August 7, 2017 at 8:19 pm
Thank you😊
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August 7, 2017 at 8:14 pm
I had to recite it as if I wrote it… Great stuff
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August 7, 2017 at 8:31 pm
Wow! I’m honoured 😊
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August 9, 2017 at 7:25 pm
Intriguing, beautiful prose that stirs emotions and stimulates thought. Lovely read.
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August 9, 2017 at 9:49 pm
Thank you. And thanks for dropping by😊
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August 17, 2017 at 2:03 am
Beautiful! Just made me think how we release our emotions so easily and readily in the first stages of life, then (learn to) bottle them up, then (find a way to) release them all over again.
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August 17, 2017 at 5:23 am
Good observation😊
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August 17, 2017 at 10:36 am
🙂
I swear this is precisely why one should have friends in and if all age groups.
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August 17, 2017 at 10:51 am
The beauty in getting older and wiser!
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September 11, 2017 at 2:27 am
This was a beautiful poem. I am working through mistakes that have driven people away. Your poem gives me hope for a better version of me. Thank you.
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September 11, 2017 at 4:57 am
I’m so glad it spoke to you. All the best! 😊😊
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