My rules

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By Marie McGuire

I am able now, I wasn’t able then

I had to follow the rules set forth for me

Some of those rules have lingered

and spring up in various situations

Those rules set forth by others

No longer apply

I visualize a goodbye box

and inside the box

I place these rules

Saying goodbye

You are no longer a part of who I am

I decide today and each day

the rules from divine guidance

that are best for me

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