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pernickitypoppet
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0 posted 2008-10-05 09:49 PM



The Black Dog

I can't get over it
this feeling that consumes me
it eats my soul bit by bit,
can no one else can see ?.

No sleep at night
It gets angry now,
I beg with all my might
it would understand, somehow.

But refusing to hear,
it punctures my soul.
Despite stinging tears
it leaves a bleeding hole.

Search for escape,
hope, I can re-shape.
No, it renders me weak,
won’t allow me to seek.

The Black Dog bites,
my tears fall in vain.
No relief in sight,
Only grief,anguish, pain.

Pleading for relief,
if only I could speak
as my happiness reverts,
I stay humble, meek.

I feel myself sway,
my scent a disease
so, who here would answer
my most desperate pleas.

What does it matter
my life here on earth.
It predictably shatters,
after every rebirth.

Forgotten, I give up hope
letting my life go
'Black dog' chokes like rope,
stabbing at my soul.

Life apprehended
Sanity suspended



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Robert E. Jordan
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1 posted 2008-10-05 10:08 PM


Yo Pernickitypoppet,

This is fairly well organized.  I like it.

It sounds like the "Hound of The Baskerville's".  That's a good thing.

Bobby

pernickitypoppet
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2 posted 2008-10-05 10:12 PM


Thankyou so much. Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it.
PPoppet

pernickitypoppet
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3 posted 2008-10-05 10:16 PM


'Black Dog' is the tag generally given to the mental illness, Manic Depression/Bi Polar. First coined by Sir Winston Churchhill.
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