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[aid] => mick
[title] => Common Ground
[time] => 2012-08-01 18:28:50
[hometext] => We must learn to move forward, even as we keep looking behind
[bodytext] => I watch as she climbs up the steps Never thought I'd live to see the day The last we spoke left me so bereft God give me strength to find the way We share a rocker on the front porch Each self conscious as we glance around How long has there been this black torch Maybe we just need to find common ground The words said weren't meant to hurt or maim They told false stories, yet held some true fact Once spoken, we would never again be the same Now we're left to determine their total impact Beside me sits my little girl who has grown up She's an individual, a woman of her own Has her share of mistakes, lives with the hiccups Growing, deciphering how life's seeds are sown My duties as her mother need to be redefined Her daughterly duties, as well, need to be reset Our hearts need mending, our love a new bind Each needs to earn our right to erase the debt Each day a chance to find common ground Learning to listen with our souls and hearts New doors to open, old walls knocked down One foot forward, together we begin our start [comments] => 3 [counter] => 212 [topic] => 48 [informant] => dvtpdw [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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