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[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Lights are on and nobody's home
[time] => 2009-12-09 11:50:35
[hometext] => Laid off again...I am so tired.
[bodytext] => Where is that door that opportunity beats on I haven't found anything but a blank wall Banging my head against it does nothing for me Except for causing pain and I've had my fill Knees raw from crawling through this life The taste of blood and tears bitter on my tongue My heart knows only heaviness and sorrow And my soul longs for a peace denied me I've worked hard to be this poor, you know I've noone to blame but myself, I believe Still, I think I deserve some kind of relief From all this misery I'm forced to endure I drag myself to each new day, alone While my dreams lay murdered in the night behind How do I explain my grievous sins to myself When I don't know what it was I did so wrong If there is a god, he's having the time of his life Laughing at this fool for trying when he can't ever win Sure my dreams are dead -- along with my faith No use praying when I only end up talking to myself [comments] => 2 [counter] => 272 [topic] => 21 [informant] => reprobate [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 10 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 0 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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