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Old habits die hard

October 3, 2011
By arcticwolfhowler GOLD, Wilmington, North Carolina
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"Be not simply good-be good for something" -Henry Thoreau

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Old habits die hard.
Killed me to quit you,
knew it would,
it didn't hurt too bad
but you did.
Took a piece of you with me, did I?
Sorry, didn't mean to.
Meant to leave you as you were,
a clean cut,
free like the leaf off the tree.
Free to fly, free to die, lying on the ground,
away from that which gave you life.

© Nicole S., Orlando, FL

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peaceout GOLD said...
on Oct. 11 2011 at 8:25 pm
peaceout GOLD, Cleveland, Ohio
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love this!! the words create a character, and i really like that.