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Yes, I Am Still Alive - Mandarin Mama


Contest Name: When my life changed
Sponsor: Kai Michael Neumann 
Date: August 17, 2025 


Winds of change arrived at my door without a single hint of rain 
He asked me if I wanted to move to Toronto and I said a quick yes 
Every road leads to Rome when your desperate for escape 
No one knew the ache I held in my heart at twenty years of age 

My little baby was only one, I craved to get away from family drama 
You never know what you get when you finally open Pandora's box !  

Life abroad was different then I expected.  I soon got homesick and 
I missed my family, regardless of how dis-functional it was. I sadly      
Fumbled for I felt like a giant hand suddenly erased all my past.   
Every path I took was a path of denial, soon I began to crumble.  

Close to my 33rd birthday my thirteen year old was depressed so I got   
Help and through counseling, I realized how much I had been holding in.  
Approval of others I no longer needed, I learned to pave my own path.   
Nightingales sing best at night, in my silver years I finally healed.    
God is good for he have me a kind man who stood by me through it all  
Eagles soar highest when they are free to fly, I'm now at peace.      
Dulcet moments on the heart arrived and I'm glad for I am still Alive !


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Date: 8/18/2025 6:16:00 PM
Well fought...and the results are poetically marvelous. The making of a poet. You are very brave, and honest. No better qualities. Blessings my friend.
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Date: 8/19/2025 3:35:00 AM
I think brave and honest only comes with the luxury of getting old and finally being able to say what you mean lol I'm grateful for every single experience in my life Joe they made me who I am today :)
Date: 8/18/2025 5:21:00 AM
so delicate and touching poem, we know some secrets now, send you some light dear poet
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Date: 8/18/2025 3:36:00 PM
lol your not so much into secrets when we get old we become an open book lol
Date: 8/18/2025 1:07:00 AM
Dulcet moments: such emotions, past and present. So well described. Best for a win.
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Mystic Rose Rose
Date: 8/18/2025 3:37:00 PM
Thanks Victor
Date: 8/17/2025 5:22:00 PM
brilliant, dear Rose. I tried unsuccessfully to use the Acrostic form for this contest; couldn't make it work, but you have done so marvelously. Best wishes with the contest & thanks for sharing, hugs & blessings, Sara
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Mystic Rose Rose
Date: 8/17/2025 6:26:00 PM
I think he would appreciate any form you come up with Sara, thanks for the read,
Date: 8/17/2025 1:17:00 PM
Best wishes for long healthy wealthy life!
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Mystic Rose Rose
Date: 8/17/2025 6:26:00 PM
THANK YOU Abdullah, its been a good life, and I'm sure there is more to come,

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