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BROKEN FRIENDSHIP, by                    
First Line: Well, tiptoe out then from my heart
Last Line: But tiptoe, and go lightly.
Subject(s): Friendship; Love; Relationships


Well, tiptoe out then from my heart
But please go lightly.
One time I thought I held you locked
But now I see—too tightly.

So on the threshold as you go
Ask not the questions I may know
But ponder this, I am no foe
Though you—unfriendly.

But when you cut apart the bond
Leave not the wound unsightly,
And leave me just a singing song
To give me joy—so brightly.

I cannot choose or think as yet
To ask you—rightly
To close the door forever shut
So none may find what I have grown
Of solace for new griefs
Or pleasures—quietly.

No, seems to me I'd rather leave
It opened—widely,
So step, I pray, out of my heart
But tiptoe, and go lightly.





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