{"id":1014,"date":"2022-03-10T11:43:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/?page_id=1014"},"modified":"2024-03-24T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T15:31:09","slug":"taking-it-back","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/read-online\/taking-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking It Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\r\n  .su-tabs-nav {\r\n    display: flex;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span {\r\n    flex-basis: 100%;\r\n    text-align: center;\r\n  }\r\n  .su-tabs-nav span:last-child {\r\n    margin-right: 0;\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='6a49cd5df33893054768340' value='6a49cd5df33893054768340'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-6a49cd5df33893054768340' value='WARNING: Stories rated \u201cM\u201d are not intended for younger teens or those who are easily offended. 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By clicking on this link to access the story, you are declaring that you are 16 years of age or older, and that this content is not illegal in your place of residence.<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-6a49cd5df33893054768340' >\r\n\r\n<div class=\"su-tabs su-tabs-style-default su-tabs-mobile-scroll\" data-active=\"1\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"yes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-nav\"><span class=\" tabmoji-cover\" data-anchor=\"cover\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover<\/span><span class=\" tabmoji-pubdata\" data-anchor=\"pubdata\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Publication Data<\/span><span class=\" tabmoji-story\" data-anchor=\"the-story\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Story<\/span><span class=\" tabmoji-song\" data-anchor=\"the-song\" data-url=\"\" data-target=\"blank\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">&nbsp;&nbsp;The Song<\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-tabs-panes\"><div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-cover\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;Cover\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4059\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4059 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">Publication Data \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Taking-It-Back.png\" alt=\"Cover art for \u201cTaking It Back\u201d by Ardath Rekha\" align=\"center\" style=\"width:100%\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4059\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4059 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">Publication Data \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-pubdata\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;Publication Data\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3995\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3995 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1269\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1269 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><u>Taking It Back<\/u><\/b><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <h4 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 30px;\">By Ardath Rekha<\/h4>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4505\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4505 \"><p><b>Synopsis:<\/b> Imam prepares to right the wrongs in his life. (This was written for the AoVD Lyric Wheel Project.  This is the \u201cObsession\u201d wheel\u2026 and I gave myself the song, LOL!  \u201cI Want It Back\u201d by Shawn Colvin.)<\/p><\/span>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Category:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-genre\/#fiction\">Fan Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Fandom:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-fandom\/#pitch-black\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i> (2000)<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Series:<\/b> None<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Challenge:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-challenge\/#lyric-wheel\">Lyric Wheel #12: \u201cObsession\u201d<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Rating:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-rating\/#rated-m\">M<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>Orientation:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-orientation\/#gen\">Gen<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Pairings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-pairing\/#no-pairings\">None<\/a>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Warnings:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#adult-situations\">Adult Situations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#mild-language\">Mild Language<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/the-content-warning-system\/#controversial-subject-matter\">Controversial Subject Matter<\/a> (Predatory Grooming Practices, Religious Extremism)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><p><b>Number of Chapters:<\/b> 1 \r\n\r\n<p><b>Net Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e187be_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e187be\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e187be\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, net word counts exclude cover pages, publication data pages, tables of contents, chapter titles, page links, original post date medatata, and \u2014 in the case of Lyric Wheel stories \u2014 song information and lyrics. In the case of articles, contextual notations are also omitted. Afterwords and chapter notes are treated as part of a text\u2019s overall body.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e187be_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 745\r\n\r\n<p><b>Total Word Count:<\/b><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e19b6b_button\" class=\"su-tooltip-button su-tooltip-button-outline-yes\" aria-describedby=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e19b6b\" data-settings='{\"position\":\"top\",\"behavior\":\"hover\",\"hideDelay\":0}' tabindex=\"0\"><sup><i class=\"fas fa-question-circle\" style=\"color:#243a68;\"><\/i><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"display:none;z-index:100\" id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e19b6b\" class=\"su-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-inner su-tooltip-shadow-yes\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%);color:#D9ECFB;font-size:16px;border-radius:5px;text-align:left;max-width:300px;line-height:1.25\"><span class=\"su-tooltip-title\"><\/span><span class=\"su-tooltip-content su-u-trim\">In the Read Online section, total word counts include all text present in the story tabs, excluding forward\/back page links and tooltips. This count tends to be slightly different from the eBook Total Word Count reported on the title page.<\/span><\/span><span id=\"su_tooltip_6a49cd5e19b6b_arrow\" class=\"su-tooltip-arrow\" style=\"z-index:100;background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #4474BE 0%, #243a68 100%)\" data-popper-arrow><\/span><\/span> 1,353\r\n\r\n<p><b>Story Length:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-story-length\/#flash-fiction\">Flash Fiction<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><p><b>First Posted:<\/b> April 19, 2003\r\n\r\n<p><b>Last Updated:<\/b> April 19, 2003\r\n\r\n<p><b>Status:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/browse-by-status\/#complete\">Complete<\/a><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n\r\n<span data-post-id=\"4458\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4458 \"><p><small>The characters and events of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0134847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Pitch Black<\/i><\/a> are &copy; 2000 USA Films, Gramercy Pictures, and Interscope Communications; Directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0878638\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Twohy<\/a>; Screenplay by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0003117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken and<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0923646\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Wheat<\/a> and David Twohy; Story by Ken and Jim Wheat; Produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0257259\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Engelman<\/a>. \u201cI Want It Back\u201d is &copy; 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shawn_Colvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shawn Colvin<\/a>; Written by Shawn Colvin and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Leventhal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Leventhal<\/a>; Produced by John Leventhal for the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Columbia_Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia Records<\/a> album <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Few_Small_Repairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Few Small Repairs<\/a><\/i>. This work of fan fiction is a transformative work for entertainment purposes only, with no claims on, nor intent to infringe upon, the rights of the parties listed above. All additional characters and situations are the creation of, and remain the property of, Ardath Rekha. eBook design and cover art by <a href=\"https:\/\/laraklaber.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LaraRebooted<\/a>, incorporating a screen capture image of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0202966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith David<\/a> from <i>Pitch Black<\/i>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/fonts\/pick-ax-font\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick Ax<\/a> font from <a href=\"https:\/\/fontmeme.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Font Meme<\/a>, and background graphics &copy; 1998 Noel Mollon, adapted and licensed via Teri Williams Carnright from the now-retired Fantasyland Graphics site (c. 2003). This eBook may not be sold or advertised for sale. If you are a copyright holder of any of the referenced works, and believe that part or all of this eBook exceeds fair use practices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/contact-me\/\">please contact Ardath Rekha<\/a>.<\/small><\/p><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><small><i>Rev. 2022.10.09<\/i><\/small><\/p><\/span><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3995\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3995 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#cover\">\u00ab Cover&nbsp;<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4062\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4062 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">The Story \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-story\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;The Story\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3996\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3996 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">\u00ab Publication Data<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4063\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4063 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-song\">The Song \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1487\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1487 \">  <h2 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><u><b>Taking It Back<\/b><\/u><\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I have tried not to hate you.  But I do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Every time she speaks of you, a light comes into her eyes that I cannot put there.  And lately it seems that she is looking away from me altogether.  As though I have not given her any love at all, as though I don\u2019t know how.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">How is this justice?  How is this right?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She collects the magazine articles about you.  And there are many, as many as your mistakes.  I see you in one of them now, another murder attributed to you.  Another article about how you\u2019re a soulless psychopath.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">And yet we love <nobr>you\u2026<\/nobr> and yet <i>you<\/i> are the one who fills her eyes with a light I cannot match, no matter what I do.  Surely by now she should love me as a daughter would love a father.  And yet she saves her love for <i>you.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Should I be more like you, then?  Is that what would sway her?  If I were cruel? If I were famous for nothing good?  Would that make me stand out of the nameless, faceless crowd for her, as you do?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I was, once.  I was on the path you have refused to stray from.  Perhaps if I had stayed upon it instead of turning away to God, she would love me as much as she loves <i>you.<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I was on drugs as a teenager.  I stole and hurt people to feed my habit.  Does this sound familiar to you?  Is this not how your criminal career began?  But I turned away and redeemed myself.  As you never truly have.  As you never will, will you?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You killed Carolyn, and still the girl loves you first.  I have watched over her from the first, but you are always first in her heart.  You may be cruel, and yet she loves you without care.  I am the one who must be tarnished in her eyes, when I deny her things that a girl her age should not have, and which you would give her with careless abandon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Or is it careless?  I have seen the speculative light in your eyes, of late, when you look at her.  As though you know the fruit is almost ripe for the picking.  Is that your agenda?  Is that your one true mission here?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">You\u2019re feast or famine for her, either gone for months or an unremitting presence in our lives.  She starves for your attention when you\u2019re away, and then gluts herself upon you when you return, spending every moment with you in neglect of her studies, her friends, her <i>life.<\/i>  You arrest her development every time you come in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She tells me I don\u2019t know how to give love, that I am too strict with her.  Perhaps I am, but what is a man to do?  She tests me, <nobr>repeatedly\u2026<\/nobr> and then you return and all of the work is lost.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">She knows better than to talk about the Burkha with you.  She just discards it while you\u2019re home and pretends that she never has to wear it.  Walking around with you, her face bared to the world, like one of your whores.  Is that what you wish her to become?  I think it\u2019s what she wishes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">It is like watching salmon try to spawn.  You both have only one mission, and that is her defilement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I lost the thread.  This was not what I meant to write about.  Soon it will be irrelevant; you will never find her again.  And it is not as though you can read this.  I write in Arabic so you won\u2019t know what this says, even if you ever find it.  This is for me.  To purge this poison you have infected me with.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">To take back what you have stolen from <nobr>me\u2026<\/nobr> my soul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">I almost did it.  I came so close.  The poison was in the food.  You would both die in each other\u2019s arms.  But I could not do that to her.  She will live, and in time she will thrive without you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">It happens tonight.  Everything is in place.  It\u2019s an auspicious night.  For the first time in years, I had a dream of Paradise this morning.  I have missed those dreams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Allah will guide me to your destruction, Richard B. Riddick.  Once you are back in prison, all will be well again.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">Tonight, I will have her back, and everything else you have taken from me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-indent:.25in; margin-bottom: 0;\">God help you.<\/p><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3996\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3996 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#pubdata\">\u00ab Publication Data<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4063\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4063 \"><p style=\"text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-song\">The Song \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-tabs-pane su-u-clearfix su-u-trim tabmoji-song\" data-title=\"&nbsp;&nbsp;The Song\">\r\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3999\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3999 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">\u00ab The Story<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<span data-post-id=\"1490\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-1490 \"><div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/TtQu05g06go\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 20px;\"><b>\u201cI Want It Back\u201d<\/b><br\/>\r\n<b>By Shawn Colvin<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><b>From the album <i>A Few Small Repairs<\/i><\/b><br\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Shawn-Colvin-A-Few-Small-Repairs-200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I lost the thread, I lost the map<br\/>\r\nIt\u2019s not a feeling, it\u2019s a fact<br\/>\r\nI had it once, I was on track<br\/>\r\nWhy won\u2019t it stay? I want it back<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I see you there in that magazine<br\/>\r\nYou\u2019re lookin\u2019 smart, you sound supreme<br\/>\r\nYou got such lip, you know the street<br\/>\r\nYou been around, you took some heat<br\/><\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">You mighta killed, you might be cruel<br\/>\r\nYou might be stupid, but we love you<br\/>\r\nYou\u2019re in the paper, you\u2019re in the air<br\/>\r\nYou\u2019re in my head, you\u2019re everywhere<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I want it back \u2014 I want it back<br\/>\r\nI want it back \u2014 I want it back<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">You\u2019re so extreme; you\u2019re feast or famine<br\/>\r\nYou got one mission, just like a salmon<br\/>\r\nYou said in life, mistakes are many<br\/>\r\nHow come you never admit to any?<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">Are you real, or are you bluffing?<br\/>\r\nYou really get me, famous for nothing<br\/>\r\nAnd every morning you got a name<br\/>\r\nIn a world where people all look the same<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I want it back \u2014 I want it back<br\/>\r\nI want it back \u2014 I want it back<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I can\u2019t give love, I don\u2019t know how<br\/>\r\nI write in code So you won\u2019t know<br\/>\r\nI was on drugs, I took a nap<br\/>\r\nI didn\u2019t mean it! I want it back!<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I dreamed again of Paradise<br\/>\r\nI floated steady, it felt so nice<br\/>\r\nTo sell your soul, just think of that<br\/>\r\nI\u2019m halfway <nobr>there\u2026<\/nobr> I want it back<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px;\">I want it back \u2014 I want it back<br\/>\r\nI want it back \u2014 I want it back<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0;\">I want it back \u2014 I want it back<br\/>\r\nI want it back \u2014 I want it back<\/p><\/span>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 20px\">\r\n<div class='content-column one_half'><span data-post-id=\"3999\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-3999 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\"><a href=\"#the-story\">\u00ab The Story<\/a><\/p><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'><span data-post-id=\"4127\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-4127 \"><p style=\"text-align: left; margin-bottom: 0;\">&nbsp;<\/p><\/span><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div align=\"center\" class=\"button\" style=\"margin-top: 10px;\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ardath-rekha.com\/fanworks\/fan-fiction\/taking-it-back\/\">Return to the Title Page<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Return to the Title Page","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bgseo_title":"Read Online: \u201cTaking It Back\u201d by Ardath Rekha","bgseo_description":"Imam prepares to right the wrongs in his life. 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