Because of You

YOUR VERY BREATH ACTIVATED MY HEART
AWAKENED MY EXISTENCE
BUILT ME INTO FROM APART
ALL WITHOUT ANY RESISTANCE

MOTIVATED ME TO ABANDONED ME
RELINQUISHED WHAT I TRULY BELIEVED
SO THAT I CAN BE SPIRITUALLY FREE
TO BE WHO I DESIRED TO BE

I ASSASSINATED MYSELF
TO BECOME ANEW
AND WHATEVER IS LEFT
CANNOT COMPARE TO YOU

I AM BECAUSE OF YOU
I LOVED BECAUSE I BELIEVED
IN WHAT WE BEEN THROUGH
IN YOU BELIEVING IN ME

IF MY HEART BEAT NO MORE
AND MY SPIRIT REFUSED TO HEAR
THEN DO NOT LOVE ME AS BEFORE
BUT MAKE ME DISAPPEAR

SINCE YOU MADE ME ME
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT I BELIEVE
WAY BEFORE THE TIME I SEE
WAY BEFORE THE TIME OF ADAM AND EVE
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Deremer Avatar
August 8, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Very nice. Good job. I wish you would put more poems in. I enjoy reading them.
Tran Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 7:59 AM
THANKS PAM. I PUT IN ANOTHER ONE TODAY. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. TU
Pinet Avatar
August 8, 2015 at 4:55 PM
A heart warming story that carries a message of hope, love and faith. Emile.
Tran Avatar
August 9, 2015 at 8:01 AM
THAT EXACTLY WHAT I WAS FEELING THAT DAY WHEN I WROTE IT. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT, EMILE!
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