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Was it true anything you said?
Or that mess was all about
Getting back at your ex?
Placing me on your bed
And then shutting me out
After a meaningless night of ***?
Sometimes I still wonder what it meant...
CJ Sutherland Aug 2024
It’s sad
      how the people
             you were once
                 so close with
                        can become
                       just another
                     stranger
you don’t know

Inspired song
1) You’ve got a friend by Carole King
Written 7-21-24 posted 8-16-24
I have been friends with Peggy for over 40 years.
I have been friends with Cindy since third grade she married my older, brother(, it didn’t work out.) But still we remain friends. The thing that changed the relationships with both of these people  is
Trump derangement. syndrome.
Even when I suggested let’s not talk Politics, it didn’t matter. I was no longer their friend. Because I voted for Trump.
I wonder now if I ever truly  had a friendship with them.
CJ Sutherland Aug 2024
Will
                  Always
                            Remember
        You’re
Special,
               unique,
                       Beautiful  
                            Wanted
                You’re
     Someone
               Nobody
                            Can
                                      Replace
                     Always
                Remembered
In
Their         
         Hearts


Inspired song
1) Child of my child (grandparents prayer)
By Jennifer Gaffney
Written 7-21-24
Posted 8-17-2:4 300th poem
  Aug 2024 CJ Sutherland
Aslam M
Heavy rains fall,
No shelter in sight,
The only path forward is to walk,
Each step soaked in the downpour,
Clothes cling, hair drips,
Drenched, with no escape.

Nature whispers its lessons,
In the rhythm of the rain,
Sometimes, there is no avoiding,
No resisting,
Only acceptance,
And the quiet strength to move on.
CJ Sutherland Aug 2024
A church on its knees
Is more powerful than an
Army on its feet




Inspired song
1) Don’t stop praying, (lyric video)
By Matthew west
Written 7–21-24 posted8-16-24

Modern haiku
Three lines
5-7-5 syllables
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