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Learning To Live

6am she's been up all night long
Filling more and more pages with each hour that passes
Her heart has been broken, she's been head over heels
And yet each time she finds a way to heal
Her writing has become her great escape
Memory after memory, there's so much to say
Loves found and loves lost
Burials of the ones she clinged to most
Getting close to those she hadn't been before
If anything life has taught her things don't always remain the same
And to change isn’t always such a bad thing
Memories from the past will forever remain
But with a little time and space
Even the hardest of things you can overcome
A battle is only ever lost
When and if you give up the fight
Take it from someone who knows all too well 
I've been there more times than I care to count
Each time feels a little worse than before
But my heart finds a way to heal once more
And once again I put it all on the line
Thinking that maybe it'll be different this time
But it all ends just the same
Another song, another tear, another poem
All in hopes to just get by
Her secrets she hides
Pretending that all is okay
No one knows what she hides inside
You can't see what's hidden behind her smile
The game itself she learned to play
And the memories she can't escape
So instead she found a way to cope
No two people deal with things the same
Sometimes it's not about letting go
Or even learning to get over what you've been thru
But learning to live with what life throws at you
At times it seems harder than others
And yet nothing is truly impossible
You learn it's all about mind over matter
Your head versus your heart
Instead of fighting the way you feel
You find a way to hide the pain
And paint a smile for the world to see
After everything I'd been thru
I was forced to find something that worked for me
Now all you have to do
Is find what works for you….

Copyright © Jennifer Griffith | Year Posted 2016

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