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Lighten Up Baby I'M Too Old For You

There was a beautiful woman Too old for you She lived in the energy Of lifes worn shoe With things to plan And thoughts to hatch She stayed inside Where it was warm and grown...organic Comforting and surreal in the reality Of the old souls leather The walls behind her every corner She sipped her tea and baked her bread with pleasant thoughts in her head writing the healing songs along life's journey She sat in her chair the most comforting one and thought to herself this is all I need for the moment This old shoe to live in and these walls of leather with tea sipped and bread baking writing her healing without venturing outside until the time when she felt she needed a breath of fresh air and a lives completion

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Date: 11/5/2016 7:28:00 AM
I LOVE this poem, and especially this: "This old shoe // to live in // and these walls // of leather //. Wonderful
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Date: 11/5/2016 9:21:00 AM
thanks it's free flow no editing wasn't sure anyone would like it Thanks Darren
Date: 10/28/2016 9:13:00 AM
Loved the poem but the title is what drew me in, that was killer.
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