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[aid] => Mick
[title] => HOW DARE I
[time] => 2003-05-16 20:35:00
[hometext] => I guess it's normal grieving over a divorce, and dealing with the guilt. Maybe someday happy words will flow again.
[bodytext] => HOW DARE I
I LOOK AT PARTS OF THE WORLD SOME STARVING AND LIVING IN FEAR AND I ASK MYSELF “WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO SHED SELFISH TEARS?” YES I’M DOWN ON MY LUCK AND SOMEWHAT DEPRESSED BUT GOD GRANTS ME YET ANOTHER DAY TO DRAW BREATH I DON’T LIVE WITH WAR WAKING UP TO BOMBS OR WITH UNIFORMED MEN INVADING MY HOME I LIVE IN PEACE AND SAFETY WITH FREEDOM TO ROAM SO WHY CAN’T I SHAKE THIS FEELING INSIDE OF WANTING TO SHUT DOWN TO CLOSE UP AND HIDE SUNSHINE TEASES MY FACE TO WAKE ME YET THIS OVERWHELMING SENSE OF DOOM THREATENS TO BREAK ME MY MEMORY IS HAUNTED BY A VIBRANT GIRL IN HER YOUTH NOW AGING AND TAUNTED BY REGRESSION AND BLUES COME ON MY SPIRIT URGES FROM DEEP WITHIN SHAKE OFF THE SORROW START LIVING AGAIN I TRY TO PULL MYSELF UP BUT IT’S HOPELESS IT SEEMS MEMORIES OF VOICES DARING ME TO DREAM I KNOW I’LL BE OK I’M STRONG WITH AN UNBREAKABLE PRIDE CHANGES THAT I MUST GO THROUGH TAKING PLACE INSIDE BUT ISN’T IT FUNNY HOW LIFE SUCKS YOU DOWN AND WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT YOU’RE ALONG FOR THE RIDE. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 328 [topic] => 13 [informant] => Shabby [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => DarkPoetry )
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