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Choosing Love
By Manjeet Mann
from Run, Rebel
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PoemI remember being told she was bad.
I remember being told she was the worst kind of girl.
I remember being told she would have to run for the rest of her life.
I remember being told she didn’t love.
I remember being told that choosing yourself was wrong.
I remember being told that choosing for love is a sin.
I remember feeling she was brave.
I remember feeling she was right.
I remember feeling I wanted her to win.
I remember feeling happy for her.
I remember feeling I’d do the same.
I remember feeling I’d always choose love.
© Manjeet Mann, from Run, Rebel, Penguin, 2020