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Jan 2014
Here is where I found a home
A place where I belong
Where I can do all the things I want
Where I can lay all day, all night long

Hey, here it is. My beloved home!
Come and look inside,
Look straight into my eyes.
Search for the tragedy that's unfold.

Hey stranger, don't be shy.
Treat of this as your own.
Just don't break anything fragile,
Or else, it wouldn't be restored

So I watched him as he go by
Wandering around the place and all
He uttered this words
Save this, I want to buy it.  Consider this sold!

Of course, I was startled.
I found a buyer. He'll take care of my home.

And then he went to the dining room,
I let him have the best dish served.
I let him devour all kinds of food before him.
I let him have all the wines I preserved.

After eating, we went to the living room.
That's where I display all my collections.
That's where my heart is engraved
That's where my heart was mold!

He sat onto the sofa. He looked around, then at once,
He saw a glass heart shining like the moon.
A lunar light that has stun him like a fool.
I watched intently as his face turned into a gloom.

I must have it! you said.
Consider this sold!

Oh no sir,
You're mistaken. I said.
I will let you have everything.
Just not this one. This one is mine. I begged.

But you wouldn't listen! As if I didn't said,
This is mine! This is mine!
Why are you so deaf?

Here is my money.
I swear I'll take care of this one.
Just let me have it, or atleast,
Borrow it for now?


So you borrowed it.
And you always carry it with you.
I let you reside in my home.
I even considered giving it to you

Then as you walk around the neighborhood,
You saw with your own eyes.
What a sight! A palace made if ice!
Without knowing it, you dropped everything.
Including the glass heart of mine.

I was filled with rage!
You deserve to die! You filthy creature!
I plead to you to take good care of this one.
And now look at what you have done!


Get out of here now!
I don't need the like of you inside my house.
Just let me. Just go!
Don't bother to come back.


Then you responded, full of remorse as you speak,
Yes. I know I am wrong, but please understand.
I am a traveling merchant and it's in my nature to grab the things I want.
You shouldn't have trusted me that easy. I'm not the only one to blame for that.


And so he left me.
Without saying goodbye.
Without turning to cry
No one could say I didn't try, didn't I?

So here is where I found a home. Here in a place called the unknown
Here with this dying heart of mine.
Waiting for the next merchant,
Waiting to let the story take its course, this time.
Jay Cee Shay
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Jay Cee Shay
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