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I Wish I Knew the Difference

I wish I knew the difference Between head and heart Between right and wrong I wish I knew the difference Between letting go and giving up Between moving on and running away I wish I knew the difference Between denial and lies Between pain and anger I wish I knew the difference Between being slapped and being left Between a broken heart and a broken ego I wish I knew the difference Between too late and never early enough Between yes and okay I wish I knew the difference Between then and now Between thought and think

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Kristin Reynolds

Date: 2/5/2009 2:38:00 AM

By the sounds of this poem, I think you have found it. Excellent reflection here, it's so hard, we may know the answer, but when to act, that's the hard part. love, Kristin

Yoni Dvorkis

Date: 2/4/2009 7:20:00 PM

If you ever find out let me know. I'm pretty much in the same boat. I like the word choice. I think they carry your message very directly into the reader's mind where he/she tries to figure out if they know the difference. For me I started out with confidence that I do know the difference, that I'm special in my super intuition...I lost that feeling around "denial and lies". Maybe good poetry has to break the reader's ego too...