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JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT<\/strong> \u00a0<\/p>\n If only, But as the face I see Though I\u2019ve tried But I\u2019m still that child Written for THE INSPIRATION NOOK<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/109901\/wherever-our-imaginations-takes-us-17\/<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Thanks always for your visits and comments and to THE INSPIRATION NOOK for their inspiration and encouragement.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n Lots of Love and Big Hugs.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n ~barb~<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT \u00a0 If only, at least sometimes, I could hide how I feel, not wear my emotions on my sleeve or on my face and so plainly in view of my friends and anyone who happens to pass me on the street and see right into my heart and what\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[63,900,49,3656,4],"class_list":["post-110550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-emotions","tag-friends-2","tag-inspiration-nook","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\n at least sometimes,
\n I could hide how I feel,
\n not wear my emotions
\n on my sleeve
\n or on my face
\n and so plainly in view
\n of my friends
\n and anyone who happens
\n to pass me on the street
\n and see right into my heart
\n and what\u2019s going on
\n inside of me,
\n whether happy or sad,
\n whether angry or glad.
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\n in the window
\n reflecting back at me,
\n I know for a fact
\n that that\u2019s not to be.
\n For I am who I am,
\n no masks can I wear,
\n no way to hide the sadness
\n that sometimes begins
\n to overcome me.
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\n so very hard to hide it,
\n to bury it deep inside,
\n what\u2019s there is there
\n and will always be
\n so much a very big
\n part of me.
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\n of morning\u2019s first light,
\n looking forward to the day
\n and unable to mask or hide
\n the wide range of emotions
\n stirring within my heart
\n and deep inside.
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\n And I\u2019ll linger here
\n at the window
\n for just another little while
\n reflecting on life
\n and what\u2019s outside.
\n Just give me a moment
\n to get things in check
\n to summon the courage
\n to go outside
\n and inhale the day,
\n to find some friends
\n who can come out and play.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
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\n (c) barbara kausteklis 8-18-13<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n
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