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Array ( [sid] => 19558 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => Not quite giving up, not quite getting up [time] => 2003-06-25 12:45:00 [hometext] => I selected the topic American Tragedy because any time a woman or child or man is abused it is a tragedy. This is my story. [bodytext] => I lay on the ground
You have beaten me down
For buying you the wrong colored shoes
One size too small

Sleep covers me like a blanket
Exhaustion wears me like a new outfit
I let my body ache and moan
For I am too tired to ease its cries

I close my eyes warily
Sick of seeing my battered face
The light I see before my eyes
Gives a grim hope for a new day.

I reject the temptation to give in
I slowly sit up against the wall
I keep my eyes closed
Just let my soul rest for a few hours. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 155 [topic] => 8 [informant] => Lady_bubbles420 [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AmericanTragedy )

Not quite giving up, not quite getting up

Contributed by Lady_bubbles420 on Wednesday, 25th June 2003 @ 12:45:00 PM in AEST
Topic: AmericanTragedy

I lay on the ground
You have beaten me down
For buying you the wrong colored shoes
One size too small

Sleep covers me like a blanket
Exhaustion wears me like a new outfit
I let my body ache and moan
For I am too tired to ease its cries

I close my eyes warily
Sick of seeing my battered face
The light I see before my eyes
Gives a grim hope for a new day.

I reject the temptation to give in
I slowly sit up against the wall
I keep my eyes closed
Just let my soul rest for a few hours.

Copyright © Lady_bubbles420 ... [ 2003-06-25 12:45:00]
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Re: Not quite giving up, not quite getting up (User Rating: 1 )
by Ilhar on Wednesday, 25th June 2003 @ 12:57:37 PM AEST
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if this is happening to you get out!!!!
No one deserves to be abused
Shari

Re: Not quite giving up, not quite getting up (User Rating: 1 )
by norm on Wednesday, 25th June 2003 @ 04:30:30 PM AEST
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This poem is a cry one must heed
It is heard by all who can read,
It appears to us all
Get out of this pall
That's what it is that you need...

Re: Not quite giving up, not quite getting up (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Thursday, 26th June 2003 @ 12:03:52 AM AEST
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I agree with Shari and Norm on this one if you are being abused leave as soon as you can!! I have permanent back injuries due to a beating I sustained by my x that will never heal.Im only 34.Please go!!
Michelle

Re: Not quite giving up, not quite getting up (User Rating: 1 )
by Lady_Bubbles420 on Thursday, 26th June 2003 @ 12:28:01 PM AEST
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Hey guys! This is the author. This poem is about a relationship I USED to be in, but I'm not with him now. Sorry for the mixup! Hallie

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