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Don'T Read Me

Past 3 a.m. in the morning, I stare at this letter in front of me. Inviting and seducing me So I just want to read it. But my heart dictates me not. How cruel she was. Left me when I was young, Did she exactly do what's right? Or make things even worse? But my heart dictates me not. I remember how weak I was. Without her arms around me I felt I was terribly helpless inside. She wanted to say sorry. But my heart dictates me not. She came 2 weeks ago, I was emotionally mixed. Don’t know exactly what to say. I just miss her a lot. But my heart dictates me not. From fancy clothes of New York, To lavish perfumes of Germany, She almost gave everything. All I want is to be with her. But my heart dictates me not. I threw everything on her face. Telling I hate her that much. Wish she did not come back. I just feel sorry for myself. But my heart dictates me not. Till I see her tears flowing, She gave a letter and let me read it. So then I stare at it till it’s 4 a.m. It tells me to read it now. But my heart dictates me not. But I remember how good she was. So I open the letter and read it aloud. Then she said sorry with her lipstick. Feeling sad and blame myself truly But my heart dictates me not. I read the last words and it makes me cry. She said she loves me but is it just a try? So she said “Please come to my room baby”. Just funny and sweet to think… But my heart dictates me not. I walk in to her room to say “I’m sorry Mom”. To be surprised when I see her, A poison at her side… YES... She killed herself. But my heart dictates me not.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 4/4/2015 6:48:00 AM
Absolutely wonderful! Its a blessed and wonderful weekend for me, chilling out with poetic lines so fine and touching
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Date: 3/26/2015 5:16:00 AM
Lei, if this is not fiction....I cry with you. Fiction or not, this poem touched me deeply. The anguish of separation is one oft repeated refrain in our land of millions of OFWs. Soupmail...
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Lei Strauss
Date: 3/26/2015 5:29:00 AM
You're right Kim! I actually wrote this poem to let other people realize that everything that our parents do is for our own sake. There is nothing even more that they will ask for...

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