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HopelessRomanticGuy
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0 posted 2004-11-27 02:34 AM


I can’t do this any more
Living in this shallow lie
Staring longingly at the door
Dying as you suck me dry

I can’t give you any more
Than you always take
I can’t take anymore
I’m starting to break

I’m sorry I’m not you want me to be
But then neither are you
You’re not the man I used to see,
But just a lie I see right through

I’ll never be your puppet;
I’ll not bear your strings.
Yet I’m no angel
I’ve got no golden wings

And I can’t save you
You’ll have to save yourself
And I refuse to feed you;
Be your source of material wealth

Don’t ask me why
I stopped caring about what you need
Ask instead,
Why your pills mean more than me.

Don’t you use my brother;
He’s not to be your tool
And if it’s me you think you’ll smother
Then you’re the biggest fool

The more you try to bar my cage
The more you fuel my rage

The more you try to make me stay,
The more you make me see the need to go.

So think hard before you ask for more,
Because I’ve already got one foot out the door.

"I'm burning in the heavens,
and I'm drowning in a hell.
And my soul is in a coma
and none of my friends can tell,"
  ~Take Me~ Papa Roach

© Copyright 2004 Richard H. Dikeman - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2004-11-27 03:46 PM


Wow Rich..I'm speechless!  Such an emotional write...you have such talent.  I feel so bad how much this person has hurt you.
Just one question...on the first like of the third stanza did you mean, "I’m sorry I’m not who you want me to be".  Just checking.
But like I said before, amazing write.

~Alli~

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~DreamChild~
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2 posted 2004-11-27 11:08 PM


good job rich! indeed my fave by u so far!
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