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You were taken away from me
At an early age
I felt the pain
Was filled with rage.
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I never noticed
The little box
That sat on your dresser
Where Heaven knocks.
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I never knew
With what it was filled
Now I understand
Why it was never spilled.
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My affection for you
Was filled to the brim
But my memories of you
Are all pretty grim.
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You were always happy
Never a frown
You were always high
Never down.
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I never understood
How you could be
Like the way you were
Around me.
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I thought that I
Was supposed to be
The only one in your life
You were supposed to love me.
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One day I woke up
I dressed in black
I started weeping
Knowing you'd never come back.
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By Daphne
May 19 1998