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Call Us What We Carry

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“Take heed, my sweet, For you shall rue The day you found In me a foe; And what, you ask, Is my revenge? You will not understand, But I will tell: To think you know When you know not; To think you see When you are blind; No might can break, No wit cast off, This curse with which I bind thee; Your cunning plans, Your strength of will, Alike shall fail To free thee. It can be broken, yes; The way of that is hid; You never shall break free, As none before you did. A lowly thing, A gentle thing, May break the spell at last; But hope is vain That wastes itself On such a hopeless task.”

“A single day is not enough, to honor all that’s you; You gave me a lifetime, a gift to which none can compare. A million stars, with all their might, could never shine so true; As your pure heart, and lovely smile, when speaking words of care. Nurturing hands, you brought up life, maternal sacrifice, When days of darkness set, you help to see the dawn gleam. You’re the strength I lean on, when my own does not suffice, Wisdom laden grace, you’ve shown the light for much to be seen. So I’ll take this day, to speak loud from heart, of all that’s true; I love you, mom. Is all I’ll say, for nothing more will ever do.”

“If you ever read this, maybe one night when you’ll be free, You’ll say, ‘The crazy girl wrote a stupid book about me.’ Please don’t read this book, with your friends. Read it in your bed, alone, on a night just by yourself. Don’t laugh at it with that gorgeous girl who got great hair, Just one time, behave like the guy, my friends say, is rare. Dim the lights, read between the lines. Frown and smile and roll your eyes. But please don’t read in rush. It’s just a wishful thinking, but I hope, that night, when you’ll close your eyes, maybe just one time. You’ll think of us. Maybe that’ll be our song, and I’ll call it a love song.”