-Heavy Load-
I'm not big enough-
I'm just one girl.
I can't get you out of this, and
I'm forced to stand by when you fall.
I hear the words
I'll listen when I can
I have no choice-
You break before you bend.
You left us all alone (together),
Looking for your place,
We cried as you walked away,
Wiped tears from his face.
I'm not big enough-
I'm just one girl.
I can't help him out of this
I'll stand by as he falls.
(written in 1997, unfinished)
-Can't-
I can't keep doing this,
This playing house,
this smiling fake, this walking in a fog,
THIS.
I am not me,
You are not you,
I need to find that time,
Where we were one,
not two.
Things overwhelm;
I cannot breathe.
Loneliness will sufficiate,
Anger will not leave.
I am so over this,
The time is so slow,
Waiting for the next sunrise
And the strength to let go.
(written in 2005)
5 comments:
So beautiful - and I must say, I'm a bit relieved to see that these were written years ago and don't apply to your current life. Right? You're okay? :)
Those are incredibly profound. Wow...
I can feel this.
Danielle, they were both amazing, but I can't get over "Can't". It just hits me so deep it's not even funny.
Poetry isn't my thing... I can't write it, and rarely read it. But this one, I'm going to save, and keep coming back to.
This is what I get for leaving a few of your posts to read at once - all emotional and sappy now. Screw it, I'm gonna go watch the stripper video and laugh.
I'm so sorry for being so late to all your posts, beautiful lady. I love your poetry so much - it seems to strike a chord with me each and every time I read your work. And while I'm glad they were written years ago (and hopefully that means they don't really apply to your current situation...), I am so touched that you chose to share them here anyway. "Can't" was just... wow. Love to you, sweet thing.
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