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My Ways Have Misled Your Thoughts

I smile so often at you, I call your phone every single day on earth, I talk to you softly and sweetly, With a voice so charming as the spell; I look at you with so much pity and love, And I cry when you ignore me. I check on you as much as I can, Asking whether you are okay or not, Wanting to know whether or not you have eaten; I do all I can to care for you. Because I love you as much as I love myself. My ways of action towards you, Are the true definition of who I am, They portray what I am at heart. A generous,softhearted,loving and caring woman; Because that is who I was brought up to be; It is who I was taught to grow into; By my people, and the church and the teachers. They did a job worth recognition, And if there is one thing they forgot, They did not tell me about my boundaries, The limits I should stop at in your life. What I do for you,I do for others, What I do with you,I do with others, How I treat you,I treat others in a similar manner, The way I talk or speak to you, Is just the same way I speak to them. I do not change my color,the way a chameleon does. I do all I do not with any expectations from you, I come to you in peace and the highest degree of humanity, Not after anything,not UpTo any intentions, But you destroy my name,my reputation; When you think of me in an otherwise dimension! When I hug you,my male friend, It's not that I am falling in love with you. When I clean your kitchen,dear woman, It's not because I want your food. When I praise you,young girl, It's not that I envy you. When I greet you,smart teacher, I do not want you to cheat exams for me. Do not mistake my actions for what I want in life. Besides,make Known to me the boundaries I mustn't overstep. Also, do to me,what you would like me to do to you. And life will be a fair game to all of us!

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Date: 1/23/2023 6:58:00 AM
Amen, I love this poem. Your family and church have done an amazing job in your upbringing, in the ways God would like us to live , we all need that spirit Jesus sent to live within, no amount of being good can get this but a cry out with a broken heart seeking better that His spirit might dwell within, treasures within not of the outside
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Date: 1/23/2023 8:25:00 AM
Thank you so much.

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