Do you have kids?

No, I used to appoligize

With a smile

Feel the turmoil thundering inside

Wait for the questions

Rush to explain the precarious devide

 

Yet one day an epiphany arrised

A simple "No" will do

 

Not rude

But resolute

Not begging sympathy

A simple "No" will do for you

 

No I don't want to tell you my life story

No I don't need your advise

No I don't need your pity

A simple "No" will do

 

A simple No will do for you

You do not need to see the storm inside me

The ripples you've caused

The walls rising

The dread building

 

But I will get through

On a good day with a smile

On a bad day without

But no matter what

My soul decides

A simple "No" will do for you

Jennifer Fitzgerald

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