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Are You For Real

The nerve you have to assume Like calling your dog to heel You can just command me home Tell me this are you for real Ok so I am not getting your respect I can’t take you back to the family Neither have you shown any regret They all think from you I should flee In this relationship I was the one to spend You said come home yet no offer for fare Now my precious emotions are all spent There is nothing left to salvage here I am not the remnant of your conscience I won’t be the recipient of your spiked dream I am not the dog you taught obedience To run in attendance to your dry scheme

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 7/25/2012 5:27:00 PM
great write Joy you are great at expressing yourself,love your positive mind,strong black woman
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Date: 7/21/2012 9:53:00 PM
Vow, girl, you really have a way with words.
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Joy Wellington
Date: 7/23/2012 5:33:00 PM
Just my feelings poured out into words!
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Joy Wellington
Date: 7/23/2012 5:31:00 PM
Tnx Sher!
Date: 5/6/2012 4:53:00 AM
Joy, now that's telling em'..love it....David
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Date: 5/4/2012 8:13:00 PM
so this is how it was? even here i see both at fault.
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Joy Wellington
Date: 5/5/2012 8:34:00 AM
There is a lot more than meets the eye my friend...be careful how you judge.
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Joy Wellington
Date: 5/5/2012 8:30:00 AM
OK John, you just told me something about you.
Date: 5/4/2012 7:48:00 PM
You tell em darlin. We're grown and don't need to be told when to come home. With a ring you can ask but fella we're looking for an equal not another father right Joy. Well thought out and well said. May the Father bless you with an adult man. TLee
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Joy Wellington
Date: 5/5/2012 8:27:00 AM
Girl you made me giggle...thanks, so true though, we need a loving man not a father or more so a dictator.
Date: 5/4/2012 5:03:00 PM
I like this poem Joy, very well done. - oxox love Anne-Lise
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Joy Wellington
Date: 5/5/2012 8:28:00 AM
Thanks Anne Lise, love to you too.
Date: 5/2/2012 6:18:00 PM
Well written fear friend Joy,harsh reality,thank you for this ,very emotional words,your poem,Ivy
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Joy Wellington
Date: 5/3/2012 7:33:00 PM
Ivy...the name of my oldest sister. Thanks for reading me..blessings

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