{"id":95858,"date":"2021-06-26T18:58:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T22:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=95858"},"modified":"2021-06-26T18:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T22:58:21","slug":"dont-make-me-choose-hour-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/dont-make-me-choose-hour-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Make Me Choose (Hour 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Don\u2019t Make Me Choose<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By: LuvMiFreely<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Hour 10)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You said if I cared<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I would come back and work it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And if I really loved you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I wouldn\u2019t have turned away<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where was this energy when I was begging you to change?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tears falling from my eyes, soaking my face<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Praying every night for clarity<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I held on<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even when you didn\u2019t want to be held<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I tried to stay<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But you kept pushing me away<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The space between became unbearable\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My mind heading in one direction<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While my heart\u2019s chasing yours in another<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I let you shatter me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every lie adding another crack<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And you were fine adding to the pain<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just as long as I didn\u2019t completely break<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You left me empty<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A feeling you promised I would never feel<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Playing games was a part of your charm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You manipulated me long enough<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The energy I allowed you to drain from me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I call back to me<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every bit of love given<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can keep it<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I no longer will be wasting it on you<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So you said I should work it out<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I chose to walk out<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This isn\u2019t who love is supposed to be\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I deserve better than being played like a fool<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So don\u2019t make me choose<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because I will always choose myself\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Make Me Choose By: LuvMiFreely (Hour 10) You said if I cared I would come back and work it out And if I really loved you I wouldn\u2019t have turned away Where was this energy when I was begging you to change? 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