Take Me
Take me back

And let me go.
Let my tears fall
Where they shall go.
Cry me, be me.
Let my writing
Give birth to me.
Take me in
And let me out.
Let people see
What I'm about.
Let people know
Before I speak
That my attitude
Is nothing weak.
Yeah, I've been hurt
A few good times,
But that does not
Mean that you can try
To cause my heart,
Mind, body, and soul
To deteriorate and
You cannot relate
To who I am
What I was
Or who I will
Become.
Take me captive.
Let me go.
Don't waste
Your time
Because you can
Hold my body,
But not my soul.
You can like or love
Me, but you will
Never disrespect me.
Incarcerate me,
Take me prisoner,
Nail me to a pole.
Tie me down,
Push me down,
Clown me,
Hate me
Oh you will
Let me go.
My mind is
Too intellectual.
Oh it will get
The best of you.
Lock me up
And throw away
The key.
Your thoughts
Aren't strong
Enough to keep me.
~Jasmine Glenn ("Grand Valley Lanthorn: Your Turn"
03/13/06)