"For what it's worth"

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"For what it's worth"

Was it worth it, what you’ve done to us?
Was it worth it, now who can you trust
Thrown our family into a living hell
Could be bad or good, only time will tell

Better than me, or a passing whim
Now that you replaced us with him
Was it worth it, all you left behind?
Don’t answer me now, now’s not the time

The memories, the feelings, a love divine
Now lost forever our once beautiful time
Was it worth it to be cruel and unkind?
Shattering my trust in a moment of time

Left for another, who promised better times
My future was gone as you left us behind
Was it worth it? When you chose to go
To leave for another who you barely know

Was it worth it, or a confused state of mind?
With feelings of hatred, cruelty so unkind.
Don’t answer me now, cause I’m living in hell
Erasing our past and our future as well.

Are our girls as happy as they‘ve ever been
Or just surviving now that they're with him
Don’t answer them now, cause now’s not the time
They’re still in love with the one left behind.

What did you sacrifice to set yourself free?
A trail of shattered dreams, a lost family
That once happy place, a much better time
A family, together, and a love light that shined

What is the measure of this living hell
Do I suffer alone, or do you as well?
Could be bad, could be good, only time will tell.
Bad times or good times? Uncertainty as well

Still waiting on time
...only time will tell

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california commented on "For what it's worth"

07-05-2009

Man, that is a great work you've done there. Sure strikes a cord though..... one of the few poems on this site that has really grabbed my attention the very first time I read it!!

Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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