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195 · Feb 2016
Where Do I Belong
Pamela Penta Feb 2016
I lie awake thinking, wondering
where I'm meant to be
Should I stay where I am?
Or leave and do what I want?
I feel so lost here now. Alone.
More alone than I've ever been.
More lost in every way.
I don't want to go back where I was.
It was strangling me. I could no longer breathe.
I had forgotten who I was, or why I was there.
I feel like time is running out
Like I may disappear
That the chances I thought were coming
Will never make it here.
My life has been long
In just a few short years
And I'm tired of fighting the fight
I want to live in a place of peace
For the rest of my life.
A quiet mountain, a horse in the field
A couple of dogs and a goat.
A place to grow my food.
Get up every morning and watch the sun rise over the mountain,
And watch it set over another.
No neighbors for miles, but close to a town.
Quiet. Peaceful. Free.

November 23, 2014
180 · Feb 2016
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Pamela Penta Feb 2016
Gone are the days
When men used to call
With care and respect
Upon a lady
Gone are the days
When ladies behaved
With respect for themselves
Gone are the days
When family was all
And took priority
Over everything
I've watched the world
Change in my lifetime
Into a place
I don't want to be.
I'm tired of being alone
But I fear those I might love
Will this one be
Angry, abusive, addicted or worse?
Will they use me and then leave?
Life is not meant
To live alone
But alone is all I see
Gone are the days
When men loved their wife
And cherished who she was
Built home and life for her
Protected her and kept her safe
Why can't that be me?

December 4, 2014
161 · Feb 2016
LIVE!
Pamela Penta Feb 2016
Live your life.
Don't ever let anyone tell you
You can't.
You're not good enough.
You shouldn't.
Do what you LOVE!
Do what makes you HAPPY!
Chase your DREAMS!!
This is YOUR life.
Not your parents, your teachers,
Your friends!
YOURS!
Don't follow because it is easier
DARE to BE!
FEEL every moment.
EMBRACE every experience.
LOVE with your whole being.
Be HAPPY!
Follow your BLISS!
Life is short.
Don't die saying I wish I had,
Be able to say
I'm glad I DID!!
Be with the person who
Brings your JOY!
Who enhances your life!
Who will run beside you
Laugh with you
Sing and dance with you!!
Have no regrets.

Never be afraid to be YOU.

June23, 2012
158 · Feb 2016
My Wish For You
Pamela Penta Feb 2016
All the stars up in the heavens
All the beauty of the sea
All the glory of the mountains
This I wish for thee

All the wonder of creation
All your dreams to come true
All the love within the world
This I wish for you

All the happiness and laughter
Peace without an end
All the joys of life forever
I wish this for you, my friend.

March 8, 2012

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