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Burning Bridges

MICHIGAN... DO YOU REMEMBER THE SWEATER? I AM WEARING THE PANTS I WAS SO FILLED WITH MEMORIES I JUST WANTED TO DANCE YOU TEACH ME ABOUT THINGS... I THINK YOU SEEM TO FORGET YOU ARE A BLESSING TO ME AND MY LIFE THIS TO YOU I ADMIT IT WAS OUR TIME TO CHILL AND REBELL TO DOUBLE DATE - TIMES ONLY WE KNOW... AND WONT TELL YOU WENT OFF AND TRAVELED THE WORLD YOU HAVE A MISCHIEVIOUS LIL BOY AND A DRIVEN LIL GIRL YOU HAVE ALL THIS EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE ALL THIS TALENT YOU SEEM TO EXCUSE YOUR VALUE ...PEOPLE HAVE FOOLISHLY ABUSED I WOULD TRAVEL BECAUSE THE VIEWS OF LIFE I ENJOY YOU ARE A LIL STRESSED THIS I UNDERSTAND DROP ALL THE NOTIONS OF LAW AND OF MAN TAKE TIME OUT FOR YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN... THIS YOU CAN DO **YOU HAVE SEEN ME HELP AND ASSIST AND GET DONE WRONG BUT DO I GIVE UP... HELL NO I JUST ADD IT TO THE VERSES OF MY ENDLESS SONG I WILL HELP YOU BURN BRIDGES I WILL HELP YOU BURN THEM ALL TO A CRISP... ASHES TO ASHES DUST TO DIRT WHOEVER FOOLISHLY DID YOU WRONG WILL REALIZE TOO LATE I HOPE THEY CONFESS BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T THEY WILL HURT YOU ARE A BLESSING AN ANGEL IF YOU WILL YOU DIDN'T GET FORCED TO HELP YOU DID IT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF YOUR HEART... WHAT U FEEL YOU I AM PROUD OF I AM PROUD OF YOU I ASK YOU LOOK UP TO THE SKY WHEN YOU GET FRUSTRATED OR WONDER WHY I ASK YOU TO PUSH THE GOOD OLE DAYS FORWARD AND THE BAD MEMORIES TOSS YOU ARE DESTINED TO BE SO MUCH MORE YOU AND MY DAUGHTER ARE THREE DAYS APART... I KNOW WHAT I MEAN... YOU COME FROM THE SIGN THAT SCREAMS BIG HEART DON'T THINK YOU ARE ALONE DON'T THINK YOU ARE UNDER THE WORLD AS IT SEEMS TO CRASH DOWN I AM EAGER TO CLEAR MY PATH AND GET OUT OF THIS TOWN I AM WAITING TO BE BY WATER MORE THAN I CAN EVEN EXPLAIN BURNING BRIDGES IS ON MY AGENDA OUT OF LOVE... AND BECAUSE I AM POETICALLY INSANE YOU ARE NOT WEAK SMILE CHICA YOU ARE ALMOST AT THE PEAK JOURNEYS ARE LONG ARE A REASON WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER GIVE IN TO PATIENCE AND FAITH HOLD ON... JUST A LITTLE LONGER WHY DO YOU THINK WE KEEP IN TOUCH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WHY? THROUGH THE GOOD TIMES... THE DRAMA... THE FEARS ONE DAY YOU WILL COME HOME WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM (HAHA) I WILL LOVE YOU EVEN IF YOU ARE A COP ENFORCING THE LAW WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU GIRL... YOU ARE BASHFUL... BUT YOU KNOW HOW TO STAND TALL PLEASE NO ONE BUT YOU BURN BRIDGES AND DON'T LOOK BACK BETTER TIMES ARE WAITING IS THE POINT OF THIS RHYME

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Date: 8/4/2009 4:12:00 PM
Good evening Kathy. I enjoyed reading your poetry today. Thank you. Love, Carol
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