You had me.

You had me�"  

I was your queen,  

fulfilling every desire,  

lifting you higher,  

chasing your dreams.  

Then you declared you didn’t need me,  

and I cried,  

begging you to stay,  

but you turned away,  

choosing your own path.

Five years have passed;  

now you see me again,  

approaching as if nothing’s wrong.  

You called me damaged, broken,  

unworthy of love,  

yet now you say  

you miss what we shared?  

Get out before I unleash my rage.  

Don’t baffle me with empty words�"  

you had me wrapped around your finger,  

a fool for your charm.  

But I’m over it now;  

without you, I’m living my dreams.  

Today, I shine with my girls,  

surviving like my heroes,  

and what you had was a ghost,  

a version of me long dead.  

I stand taller now,  

no longer bowed to the ground;  

even you can’t shackle my spirit.  

You don’t realize what you had  

until it’s gone.  

So watch me walk out this door…  

By:  Chong N. Kim
10-12-2006