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Array ( [sid] => 85465 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Letting You Breathe [time] => 2005-02-23 14:34:19 [hometext] => Thanks to Phil, Nazzy, Blowfish Jane, Dawny, Jecks, Wildejohnny for helping me through my difficult time... [bodytext] => I am still feeling very frightened,
My sense of insecurity has been heightened,
When you aren’t standing right by my side,
I feel like I just want to hide.

But I have to be strong for us to last,
That’s the only thing of me you’ve asked,
I love you & I hold you so dear,
So I will now deal once & for all with my fear.

It’ll be hard as we both know,
But for us to breathe I have to let go,
It has damaged too much of us already,
Knocked us around, knocked us unsteady.

I was suffocating you but I didn’t realise,
I could not hear your muffled cries,
As my needs were blocking those of yours,
I was trying to trap you behind closed doors.

Keep you in my sight not let you leave,
I was killing you not letting you breathe,
I failed to see all this because I was too scared,
To open my eyes & be selfless I wasn’t prepared.

But now I am as I nearly lost you,
Although I still want to stick just like glue,
I will back off & give you your space,
As from your heart I know our love you won’t erase.

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Letting You Breathe

Contributed by pixie on Wednesday, 23rd February 2005 @ 02:34:19 PM in AEST
Topic: selfstruggles

I am still feeling very frightened,
My sense of insecurity has been heightened,
When you aren’t standing right by my side,
I feel like I just want to hide.

But I have to be strong for us to last,
That’s the only thing of me you’ve asked,
I love you & I hold you so dear,
So I will now deal once & for all with my fear.

It’ll be hard as we both know,
But for us to breathe I have to let go,
It has damaged too much of us already,
Knocked us around, knocked us unsteady.

I was suffocating you but I didn’t realise,
I could not hear your muffled cries,
As my needs were blocking those of yours,
I was trying to trap you behind closed doors.

Keep you in my sight not let you leave,
I was killing you not letting you breathe,
I failed to see all this because I was too scared,
To open my eyes & be selfless I wasn’t prepared.

But now I am as I nearly lost you,
Although I still want to stick just like glue,
I will back off & give you your space,
As from your heart I know our love you won’t erase.

Copyright Â© pixie ... [ 2005-02-23 14:34:19]
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Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by BuTTerFly_LoVe on Wednesday, 23rd February 2005 @ 03:47:39 PM AEST
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tHIS iS wEll wRitTeN i gIvE iT a 10 iF i CAn pixie yOu arE aN aMaZiNg wrItTer i REalLy eNjOy rEaDiNg you're poEmS vEry MuCh... kEeP uP tHe gREaT wOrK

P.s i loVE Although I still want to stick just like glue, I will back off a give you your space, As for your heart i know our love you won't erase. I LoVe ThaT PaRt

I HOpE wiT WaTeVer YoU aRe GOiNG ThRo One DaY it wILL aLL BE a MeMOrY ThaT You wiLL baCk To AnD laUgH BeCauSe In ThE lOnG RuN YoU wiLL oNe Day Be HaPPy..

UnKnOwN BUTTerFLy

Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by Nazmythian on Wednesday, 23rd February 2005 @ 07:05:47 PM AEST
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38 Special said it best ...

" Hold on loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tightly you're gonna loose control "

Here for ya Pixie, anytime ... drop a note anytime ... I'll leave the light on ...

Nazzy ~

Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by heartquake on Wednesday, 23rd February 2005 @ 11:37:04 PM AEST
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i really liked the sense of unaware physical power that was in this poem, whether you ment it to be that way or not it was really great seeing it, i liked the whole sense of doing something that you weren't aware of doing i saw in the poem.... good job

Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by givingin on Thursday, 24th February 2005 @ 10:02:03 AM AEST
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I'm glad you had these people to help you through your difficult time.
I'm sorry that you almost lost your love pixie.
I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you though.
Anywho, great write.
MUAH!
*~givingin~*

Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by Dawny on Thursday, 24th February 2005 @ 01:25:56 PM AEST
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Beautiful poem Pixie, and I will always be here...thats what friends are for xxx

Really happy you are feeling better

Love Dawny xxx

Re: Letting You Breathe (User Rating: 1 )
by lostinmyself on Friday, 25th February 2005 @ 05:59:17 AM AEST
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Oh hunni...
I will always always be here for you...

I glad that things between you and Mark have worked out. I know you could get through this, you don't know how strong you really are...

Great write sweeties,
*hugs* Phil xxx

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