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she took away my life, threw out the poems in my blue notebook
raping tender adolescent thoughts of a lifetime dream
journals erased, not just extra paper for the recycling bin…
she took away my life, accusing, with a glaring look
a shrill voice, how dare you, knowing so well how to scream
I prayed, but could never become deaf to escape the din

she took away my life, stealing love with the swiftness of a crook
withholding affection, I could not earn her esteem
her fickle judgment so severe, innocence was my only sin
she took away my life, with little effort, for like a leaf I shook
humiliated, belittled and frightened, the result of her scheme
I became an emptiness of hollow noise, a cheap drum of tin

quietly I kept only a myriad of sounds from my piano

she took away my life, her guilt cannot be mistook
to confuse love with hate, appeared to be her theme
against her excessive need for perfection, I could not win…
she took away my life, diluted in dead water from a rocky brook
somehow gaining speed, to disappear farther downstream
away from the grinning smiles of all I called kin

she took away my life, till I was left with only a tiny nook
where I still hide, writing simple words used to redeem
a tinge of love and self-respect, yes, one day this too must begin,
for she can not take my life, all her might could not overlook
my nascent talents, from mightier than she, a gift so supreme
songs of a goodness welling up from deep within

my piano, its myriad of sounds, teaches me this new credo



                   from deep within
                   31 may, 2006

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