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Have To Leave You

B.Mathislange 1956 (Essex)

March 24 
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If asked to move an Ocean
I'd move it just one inch
If asked to move a mountain
That too would be one inch
But if asked to move you
I wouldn't move you at all
Because that would leave
A big hole in my heart
So I'd have to leave you
Right where you are.

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Those who have done so much just by being a friend. Weather just on this beautiful site or from childhood, I graciously embrace you all.

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Written on January 22, 1999

Submitted by B.mathislange on March 18, 2024

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Scheme ABABCDEFCG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 254
Words 58
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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B.Mathislange

I'm one of 12 children raised on a 15 acre farm in a small town in Maryland. Lived all over the United States even Hawaii and settled in California. I was the first female forklift operator for American Honda when they were located in the city of Gardena. I changed the work place opening many doors once closed to the women working there.My mother was a writer as well. more…

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