Shake It Off Poem by Leria Hawkins

Shake It Off
Date: February 21,2012

No worries, sweetheart…
When your whispers have blown
To a greener shore
When your eyes seek only
New blossoms in spring
I will not wilt and fade
Into last night's din
Nor crawl beaten and torn
Into the plowed fields of yesterdays
No, no…I will stand straight
As proud and tall as the shining today
I will fling wide the sash
And embrace the cleansing dawn
You will not find my pillow stained
My sensibilities shamed
Oh no…I will be smiling…and in good polish
Romancing the new grass ‘round my feet
I'll be trimming the hedges, waxing the floors
Courting the warmth of a brand new day
I will dress to the nines, drink and dine
Living as if there's no tomorrow
I will have long forgotten yesterdays
I will have long forgotten YOU.

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