By: Cedric McClester

I  don’t know where to start
Sometimes the going gets rough
If she hasn’t broken your heart
It means you don’t love her enough
And if you can’t be critical when you see
That she’s going astray
I hate to say it, but if you’re asking me?
You didn’t love her anyway

She was the envy of everyone
Once upon a time,
She led the way by her example
As the perfect paradigm
That the whole world looked to
When they wanted a sign
She showed them what to do
And rarely crossed the line

Now all the things she stood for
Seems to have disappeared
We hardly recognize her now
She’s become what we feared
A shadow of her former self
And that makes us scared
I don’t know what her future holds
But we should be prepared

We all should be a mirror
Held up for her to see
Her beauty has all but faded
It’s becoming history
To do nothing but stand idly by
Would be a true travesty
Because those who really loved her
Wouldn’t just let her be






















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