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Saturday, September 29, 2012

BREAKING POINT

The prompt for this week’s Saturday Centus is “Sometimes you bend.  Sometimes you break.”  Jenny, if it weren’t for your prompts, I guess I’d never write or post to this blog.  Thanks so much for prompting and encouraging me to write.

"BREAKING POINT"

They request, they demand,
They enjoin, they command.
And I am confessing,
It can be depressing.
~~~
Sometimes you bend,
Sometimes you break.
~~~
A little bending’s not so bad,
It keeps others from getting mad.
But when we bend until we break
In our hearts, we know we’re fake.
~~~
Sometimes you bend.
Sometimes you break.
~~~
It takes energy and time
For the breaks to bind.
But it does make whole
A broken body and soul.
~~~
Sometimes you bend.
Sometimes you break.
~~~
Thus we learn,
Its okay to bend,
And breaking is tough,
But eventually we'll mend.

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10 comments:

Dreaming said...

Well done! And... so true!

Bookie said...

Nice job with a challenging prompt!

lissa said...

I agreed, sometimes breaking isn't the end. we carry on...

great use of the prompt. have a great day.

21 Wits said...

Oh I do agree! What a cute little poem...it sounds so good too!

Susan Anderson said...

I like the way you kept repeating "Sometimes you bend. Sometimes you break." Well done!

=)

Susan Anderson said...
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anitamombanita said...

Nicely done. I like the way you reinforced the theme throughout!

Judie said...

Laurie, we have ALL had those feelings, haven't we! Great take on the prompt!!

gautami tripathy said...

Such a great Centus!

lure of the impure

Jenny said...

Laurie.

I have a big lump in my throat from reading this.

This poem expressed so poignantly how I feel.

I like the repetitive verse throughout, too.

It just kept leading me through.

Really well done!



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