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Sunday, 12 January 2014

Heads or tails

I was ten a penny
More ordinary than extraordinary
Walked in the shadows
Stepped over the cracks
For tradition warned I'd fall otherwise

I was building high walls
Protecting myself from more
Than the cracks I stepped over
Saving myself from the shadows
That were waiting to make me fall

But I was only one side of the penny
And suddenly you became the other
You arrived,
Broke down the walls and took me into your arms

Heads I leave you and both our hearts break
Tails I stay and our hearts break anyway

Which one of us will be forced to make the toss?

Valerie Masters

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