A moment in time

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    A moment in time


    How cruel she was
    with her lovely olive skin
    her silky long black hair
    dark eyes
    and youthful breasts
    She was slender and petite
    a real looker

    Her Father
    I never met him
     was American Indian
    I don't remember the tribe
    perhaps Cherokee
    but it showed best in her
    like an Indian Princes

    We three were close
    Colleen, Judy and I
    But Colleen was so cruel
    without regard for other's feelings
    "He doesn't dig your skin, man"
    She said to shy
    and white skinned Judy

    Still, I loved her.
     I think I once believed I could change her
    The anger and fights were bad
    Don't ask me what they were about
    I do not remember
     I only remember the anger
    the frustration and the caring.

    In a fit of fancy, Colleen
     one afternoon 
    ran away with Dick
     and called me from Las Vegas
    they had just married.
    We all knew Dick was gay.
    Perhaps she thought she could change him. 

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    KtIrish commented on A moment in time

    09-29-2009

    Haha. I don't know why people feel as if they could change another person. It almost never happens. And I've never seen it first hand. Last two lines are my favorite. Thanks for the laugh.

    Stryx

    09/29/2009

    We all know we can't change another, but at some time we all try. We can't even change ourselves. But don't judge my work on you're liking the message, rather on the work itself. LOL ;-)

    KtIrish

    09/29/2009

    What if i like the work and the message?

    Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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