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Remote Control
Listen
to this poem!
By Alicia Zakon
Why you let him play you like a video?
Turn you on and off like a radio — tell you when to go
Fast and slow
Change your channels because he can’t stand your show
Make you feel so low
And you afraid to say no
Why you let him rewind you?
Criticize you
Hypnotize you until the screen turns blue
And your life is through
Why did you give him the device used to control the operation of you?
Why you let him tune you, confuse you, and abuse you?
Reject you, select you and eject you
Why you let him track you, slap you and map you?
Don’t know why he do what he do
But you need to pause you
And rewind you
Look at your life before he met you
Look back at that moment when you gave him
The remote control
And see how the story unfolds
How instead of asked, you were told
What to do and how to feel
And yet you believe that his love is real and still
Fast forward your life
It appears to be fine, but just like this day and time you’re hurting
inside
Don’t lie
Today, don’t neglect you
Reset you
And take back the power that was held from you
Take hold of your life
Have it your way
Take hold of that remote
And push play.
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