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who is purposely leading me down the wrong path
just a person who's drowning but doesn't know what to do

I don't think that I'm a perfect person
not some one who has the right to judge you
just someone trying to help both of us stay on the land

because I know that sometimes the sea calls to us
and the currents become to hard to swim through
but I also know something else is true

That sometimes when you try to help a drowning person
you can end up being the one to sink along with them
and you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved

So I'm sorry that I can't try to help you save yourself
but I've gone under to many times trying to do the nice thing
and now I have to swim back to the shore away from the endless waves

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The Siren

Contributed by lydthon15 on Monday, 18th May 2015 @ 10:34:46 AM in AEST
Topic: ApologyPoetry

I don't think of you as a terrible person
who is purposely leading me down the wrong path
just a person who's drowning but doesn't know what to do

I don't think that I'm a perfect person
not some one who has the right to judge you
just someone trying to help both of us stay on the land

because I know that sometimes the sea calls to us
and the currents become to hard to swim through
but I also know something else is true

That sometimes when you try to help a drowning person
you can end up being the one to sink along with them
and you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved

So I'm sorry that I can't try to help you save yourself
but I've gone under to many times trying to do the nice thing
and now I have to swim back to the shore away from the endless waves

Copyright © lydthon15 ... [ 2015-05-18 10:34:46]
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Re: The Siren (User Rating: 1 )
by hauntedscorp on Wednesday, 20th May 2015 @ 08:50:04 PM AEST
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Ya gotta be cruel to be kind (at times). Well said.

~Scorp

Re: The Siren (User Rating: 1 )
by JamesStockdale on Thursday, 21st May 2015 @ 02:47:51 PM AEST
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Well said indeed!
Great read.

Re: The Siren (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Friday, 22nd May 2015 @ 04:29:09 AM AEST
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Love the overall metaphor in this poem and you are so right, "you can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved". Nicely done. Keepa writin'! Tim

Re: The Siren (User Rating: 1 )
by desciple on Friday, 22nd May 2015 @ 06:10:14 PM AEST
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you can't save them all, and sometimes you have to let go...I really enjoyed this piece. Great write!!

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