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I’ve been runningAs fast as I couldTrying to keep paceAs much as I couldGasping for airClutching at my lungsIgnoring my bruisesJust trying to keep paceWith the worldFor years togetherI’ve just beenRunningBut I could not pace alongCould never take offWas left behindAlone, PantingDefeatedNow I run no moreI walk no moreNiether do I standI’ve been sitting ever [...]

Do not let my grief
Throw you back into the deepThat you strived to conquer
That is not where you belong
None of us ever did..
Do not lead yourself to believeThat I am in pain“Cause trust me, there is none
Not anymore..
 
 
I breathe, therefore I am
And will be thus, forever
Somewhere in the depths
Comfortably numb..

There is no tomorrowI live by the dayCan’t think no moreAin’t no nerves to frayAll black all whiteNo shades of greyCoz grey’s what drivesAll reason away  Why me? why me? I cry no moreAll’s for ma goodI rest assuredI have figured it out;the easy way - Ask for nothingAnd your smile shall stayOne day at a [...]

I wonder what you”re thinkingI”ve just said somethingAnd have bit my tongueBut the words uttered in frustrationWere quick to reach their destinationThe damage was done in the blink of an eyeThere was nothing I could do to rectifyI never meant to hurt but nevertheless didAnd I regret the time when I had uttered itA small [...]

And to you my friendMy ray of lightIn times of distressyou held my hand you pulled me outand showed me the lifebeyond it all
I gathered the courageto dream againof life and loveit drove me through
You held my painas you had held yoursas I tread the beaten pathyou had taken before
But suddenly it dawnedmy grief drew you [...]

I don”t know if I should thank youFor teaching me what is true loveFor sharing my painAll those years when you wereFor filling each day of my lifewith laughter galoreFor placing me ahead In life..yours and mineFor questioning each tear i shedAnd warding off all my fearsFor being my pillar of strengthFor being my world [...]