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Don't Regret

July 14, 2011
By yousaypotato... SILVER, Peacedale, Rhode Island
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"A good friend will bail you out of jail. But a best friend will be sitting right there with you saying 'Dang, we really screwed up this time.'"

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If I die tomorrow,
Don’t regret your last words to me.
Don’t waste a tear on my past.
If I go away today,
Don’t long for last week.

When you lay me down,
Don’t cry or say ‘she’s too young’.
No.
Don’t think of the future I could have had.
Think of me with a laugh and a dance,
But don’t remember me on my birthday.

Sprinkle me over the ocean
Let me become a part of the sand.
Throw me away in the places I know.
Toss me away with a gentle hand.

If I die young,
Don’t wear black at my funeral.
Just let me go with those words I spoke
A long time ago.
And don’t regret the words you last spoke to me…

© Carl N., Little Rock, AR

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yousaypotato... SILVER said...
on Aug. 26 2011 at 9:43 pm
yousaypotato... SILVER, Peacedale, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;A good friend will bail you out of jail. But a best friend will be sitting right there with you saying &#039;Dang, we really screwed up this time.&#039;&quot;

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thank you for that :)
Imaginedangerous PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 5 2011 at 4:06 pm
Imaginedangerous PLATINUM, Riverton, Utah
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The emotion here is pretty powerful.