I REFUSE

by ASHLEY CORTEZ HENDERSON   Aug 28, 2011


MY POOR HEART CAN'T TAKE NO MORE PAIN;
MY EYES ARE DONE WITH ALL THE TEARS--
YOU'VE BEEN LIVING YOUR LIFE IN VAIN;
JUST CARED ABOUT HIM ALL THESE YEARS--

I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS LIFE;
AND MADE IT BY MYSELF THIS FAR--
SOMETIMES PAIN CUTS LIKE A KNIFE;
I WONT TAKE ANOTHER SCAR--

HOW COULD YOU JUST TOSS US AWAY;
AND EXPECT ME NOT TO TURN BACK--
NO MATTER ,WHAT YOU SAY;
MOTHERHOOD IS SOMETHING YOU LACK--

I'M HAPPIER THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN;
ME, HIM, JUST RIGHT--WHERE WE ARE--
UNTIL NOW I COULDN'T LET ANYONE IN;
MY WHOLE LIFE GROWING UP WAS AJAR--

YOU WERE NEVER THERE WHEN I NEEDED YOU;
ALL MY CHILDHOOD I MADE IT ON MY OWN--
THIS STRESS I REFUSE TO GO THROUGH;
'CAUSE MY WHOLE LIFE I'VE BEEN GROWN--

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