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Look at Me... |
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azblond Senior Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 637The Steamy Desert 
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Look at Me Look at me…tell me what do you see? A broken image of who I used to be I used to fly high on wings all my own I never feared sharing the things I’d been shown But now I’m afraid to speak out aloud I shy away from friends and the crowd My voice once pure of assurance and ease Now has grown silent in the battle to please I could stand tall and walk with my head held high Now my shoulders shake from the tears I cry Look at me…see what I’ve grown to be A victim of your own insecurity When you were low you took me with you Not allowing me to appease your feelings of blue It was easier to hurt someone you love Than allow her to help you rise above Now I wallow in shame of what I’ve become Trying to remember how I became so numb You used to be proud of me at one time I never knew pride could be such a crime Look at me…see my final fall I’m feeling how hard it is to crawl But I remember who I was once before I remember a time of feeling I was more I’m struggling to stand on my own two feet And you tell me I need to be more discreet But remember that was who you said you loved Before kisses gave way to being shoved Discretion is not silence to who you are Loving is not pushing someone way too far So look at me…watch me walk away I see how much I loose if I stay And the battle back may be rough But I’ve finally had just enough So look at what you made me do I finally see your love’s not true I now will walk instead of hide And finally dry the tears I’ve cried Stretch my wings to let them heal Look at me…I still can feel. ------------------ Let my words fall first upon deaf ears before a closed mind... |
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thursdayschild Member
since 1999-07-01
Posts 169Houston, Tx. |
This is so intense...how we lose ourselves in love, when it should be a time for growth. Great heartfelt poem. |
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