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If I Had a Broken Heart

Oh, wait! I DO have one. Tried to avoid it early on. Tried to deny it when it happened the first five or six times. Broken, healing, broken, healing cycling up spirals. Every wound scars over with less rigidness than what got scarred. How else could life possibly grow?

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 7/12/2012 8:51:00 AM
i hope you've stopped the spiral and found someone who loves you :)
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Date: 7/7/2012 5:24:00 PM
really like this one!
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Date: 7/7/2012 4:27:00 PM
You show true wisdom and much life experience in this poem, Nancy...the last line rings out the truth! Thank you for this - Tim
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Date: 7/7/2012 12:22:00 PM
Good write...best of luck in the contest.
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Date: 7/7/2012 12:20:00 PM
‡ By Our Strips We Are Healed, In Part * Tis The Second Time I've Viewed Your Bright Light Verse, Beautiful Lady * Quite Lovely * My Luv, Rachel ‡
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Date: 7/7/2012 12:12:00 PM
Very nice Nancy.Love the line"Broken,healing......up spirals".
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