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why is it?

catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited January 2006 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
why is it you only ever
see me just the way you want
and not how i really am
why is it
you always hear what it is you want to hear
and it's never just the truth
i don't think i can live this way
i don't think i can breathe
you put the words in my mouth
the hurt in my heart
and all i want to do is leave

it does matter how i go
it doesn't matter how long it takes
all i know is that i'm going
and when i do you won't be following me

you never hear the truth
even when it's the only thing that escapes my lips

you're not really seeing me the way i am
just the way you want me to be
i don't think i can live this way
it's getter harder each day just to breathe
you put the words in my mouth
the hurt in my heart
and all i want to do is leave.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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  • coachchriscoachchris Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 749
    Really sad....I could feel the hurt and I'm sorry. Thanks for sharing!
    Adolescence in essence is all about trust.
    Leaving is for the answering machine.
  • twin1twin1 Posts: 902
    I can really relate to this one. It feels so hopeless when you try to connect with someone you love and they don't seem to know you are alive because they are too busy noticing only themselves. Good read! :)
    Our love must not be just words, but True Love, which shows itself in action,
    No one needs a smile more than someone who fails to give one,
    After you die...you know how to LIVE!
  • Being EnlightenedBeing Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    I enjoyed this too, it's real--it reminds me of my little sis' day to day struggle--especially this part:

    "it does matter how i go
    it doesn't matter how long it takes
    all i know is that i'm going
    and when i do you won't be following me"

    Hard to be in a place that you know you need to leave.
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • WinterPedestrianWinterPedestrian Posts: 18
    catefrances wrote:
    why is it you only ever
    see me just the way you want
    and not how i really am

    so relevant, it's not normal. great work! ~ Thank you ~
    Movement, actions, images, thoughts, perceptions, ideals all seem to forge within me a strength of doubt that renders me incapable of associating my life with normality and the thoughts of a well balanced and functional pedestrian. -JDP
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