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[aid] => mick
[title] => In Your Shoes
[time] => 2009-05-15 23:14:24
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[bodytext] => I feel like a lonely leaf High up on a tree, Buffeted, with no relief In sight to set me free. My heart has a pain That will not go away, I’m wreathed in a chain Imprisoning me all day. It’s more than ‘the blues’ Thus, my heart won't heal... (I’m in your shoes Feeling the way you feel.) I feel like a block of ice, Cold and empty of emotion - People see me and look twice They haven't any notion Of the tears, the gnawing pain Afflicting my weary soul, Terrible nightmares remain - Will they swallow me whole? As the iceberg, you only see What above the surface appears... (Yet, I’m in your shoes in empathy, I know those copious tears.) I feel like a rag doll Tossed aside in the mud, Violence has taken its toll - Bitterness burns my blood. All my soul was invested In making my marriage grow, It seems i was only interested, No wonder I'm feeling so low. Scorned, and cut to the bone I wonder what will be... (In your shoes I groan; Your suff'ring cuts through me!) I feel like a delicate bubble Transiently floating by To burst from the claw of a cat; To last no longer than a sigh. For I feel old and the chill, My pulse is no longer strong; Wracked with pains, feeling so ill, Discomfort calls all day long. O who has a worse time of woe From morning until night? - (In your shoes I too know Your painful plight.) I feel like the weight of the world Is pushing heavily down on me, So many lies have been hurled To break my integrity! Years and years have passed by With emotional scars that smart Still bringing a tear to my eye - O how they hurt my heart! I've borne the incredible sum Of sins, now centuries old... For being in your shoes I've won Release of Sins miserable hold! [comments] => 1 [counter] => 147 [topic] => 48 [informant] => windowguy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => EmotionalPoetry )
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