Long Take your life in your own hands Poems

Just a day
“Good Night Mom and Dad” I said before I went to bed. “We love you” they said as they closed the door
Mom comes in and wakes me up “Time to go to school”...

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...First off it seemed that her husband
had no been an abusive man,
just a nebbish actually,
it was clear she had worn the pants.

She’d married him for security,
and his needs she’d most ignored,
she hadn’t strayed to seek...

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So frustrated so Irritated with a man who constantly beats her emotional feelings 
out of this world,
She Stood & took all his might from his fist to the face & practicly took her dreams 
for...

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I was born innocent and my consciousness began,
     And from the beginning like everyone I have struggled;
Those baby cries were my first protests about my life,
     ...

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I was born innocent and my consciousness began,
     And from the beginning like everyone I have struggled;
Those baby cries were my first protests about my life,
     ...

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this is real life
this is late night posted by the street lights
i had to take my life into my own hands, i'm not a child
live my life like a grown man, i take a bow
cause...

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Forever I’ll remember January 19, 2001,
On the day you picked up that awful gun.
Why did you take your own life?
Was it because of your wife?
Was it because of your kids,
Or did you just not want...

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Do you ever think about how fast your life goes by,
we do the same things all day,
experiencing the same people, the same places, and the same problems
and there are more and more problems and you...

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   When she takes her life into her own hands
   with fingers that read braille
   from dot to dot
   Refuse to live in the void of darkness
...

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My great grandfather sighed in heaven
As I told my son the story
As told by my father as he was told
About how wealthy his father was before them.

Daddy, he says, something is on my mind
You said...

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On the edge of the void, that's where we must be.
Somewhere between the thrill of taking your life into your own hands and the cold 
realisation that you are finally in control of your own...

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Can I take a breathe, cause it seems I need your permission. 
What about my actions, since you tend to control my description.
     I am the worlds porcelain doll, being changed...

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Dear Lord Almighty,                

                This...

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Sand sifts,
My mind lifts,
The ideas of reflection,
My lack of self-protection,
Is something that haunts,
My mind which daunts,
The strength within,
All my chagrin,
Is spelled across my face,
Chasing the desire to erase,
Every regret,
I’m not finished yet,
I’ll continue to push,
Rather...

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