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shadowchild458
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0 posted 2002-07-17 03:14 PM


i've never really seen the world
through the eyes of a dozen rats
but now i see you, all of you
and i know just how it feels
to hold out a hand and get nothing
but a penny and to think and feel
but nobody even notices, you're alive
you need help but nobody notices
you are struggling to find something
just a hint of lemon a hint of sanity
would do to complete your curiousity
and i don't know how i see it, the pain
but i know i cannot stand it
and the trees make mistakes
as the lightning flashes and the rain falls
making soggy sheets again and pain again
and people rush by dry and safe
under their little cacoons called umbrellas
and i know how it feels to stink every day
and not be able to care for your family
for this is how a child feels
when her mother leaves and her daddy drinks
her brother smokes, he's only thirteen
this is how this child feels, alone on the streets
he momma never really left them
that was a lie composed by her brother
they took her away to an asylum
and she says i know how it feels
to be homeless, worthless, lifeless.
           ...
i've never really seen the world
through the eyes of a dozen rats
but now i see you, all of you
and i know just how it feels

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PoeticGoddessOfDepression
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1 posted 2002-07-17 04:37 PM


Wonderful poem.
Lots of creativity
"I've never really seen the world
through the eyes of a dozen rats
but now I see you, all of you
and I know just how it feels"
you emphasized this ... my favorite part as well...

-Sara  

"Life is a waterfall, we're 1 in the river and we're 1 again after the fall."
-System of A down

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