Poem #11, All That's Left

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I cry, I wake, in the middle of the storm

they desert, forsake, this heart becomes forlorn

but it's hard to put into words, sometimes it's beyond all hurt

all I can do is pray, everything I can't say aloud...the skeletons are sneaking out


Will you be afraid? like the world will you shudder at me?

I promise I am not trying to hold you back

will you understand? this is who I am

if it frightens love away

I hope that hope comes back someday

no, I can't even crawl on my own

I always end where I don't belong

find me and save me... lead me home

What you see here, shaking with fear

is all that's left, all I have to give.


I try, I break, in the midst of raging fear

they breath out, intake, this soul's weary and torn

yet it's tough to say it all at once, most nights it's more than I'm worth

all I can do is pray, each secret I won't say

out loud... the danger still is coming 'round


Will you be afraid? like the world will you shudder at me?

I promise I am not trying to hold you back

will you understand? this is who I am

if it frightens love away

I hope that hope comes back someday

no, I can't even crawl on my own

I always end where I don't belong

find me and save me... lead me home

What you see here, shaking with fear

is all that's left, all I have to give.

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