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Friday 24 July 2020

MIX UP


MIX UP

by Rosemary Clarke

Love is
Never having to say you're sorry.
Abuse is
Always having to say you're sorry.
Love is
When Christmas is a time of cheer.
Abuse is
When Christmas is a time of fear.
Love is
When all you've ever wished comes true.
Abuse is
When all you've ever dreaded comes true.
Love is
The freedom to choose.
Abuse is
A cage of doubt and worry.
Love is
Opening the door.
Abuse is
Trying hard to keep it closed.
Love is
Reading the violence in the papers at breakfast.
Abuse is
Knowing it every day of your life.
Love is
Looking out of the window at hope and the future
Abuse is
Looking out of the window and seeing only the past.
Every cut is happening to you even though you know it's not true.
Don't choose abuse in anything it's what smashes up this world.

Copyright Rosemary Clarke


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  1. Lenm39324 July 2020 at 10:04


    As always, you go straight for the throat. I did notice the last two lines don't match as well... may I suggest:
    Every cut is happening to you even though you know it's not true.
    [Every cut that happened to you, is repeated again in your mind]
    Don't choose abuse in anything it's what smashes up this world.
    [Don't let abuse into your world, don't allow yourself to be blind]
    Just a thought, well thought out and written and true...

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  2. peter woodgate25 July 2020 at 14:36

    Yes, it is a crazy world out there and so many crazy people.
    As you so nicely put it Rosemary "we can look out of the window
    and see hope in the future."

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