Poetry

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It feels like my back is broken
Does that mean anything to you
When my eyes are puffed and swollen
and tears obscure my view
When the silence in the hallways
brings no one to my side
and my knees can't bear the weight of me
and I want to run and hide

When I look for understanding
in the eyes of my family
When their vision is mostly cloudy
and it seems they're afraid of me
Do you hear me in that moment
I feel like I've been brushed aside
like you moved on to someone else
and left me without pride

Can you see that I need you
that my throat is going dry
I've lost the words to say to you
and so I'll just ask why
Is there a certain promise
I can hold here in my bed
Can't you see I'm starving
for a taste of daily bread

But the master of this moment
says I feel it when you cry
and if I could reach down my hand
I'd wipe teardrops from your eyes
You may never know it
but I have a master plan
And I care way to much for you
to leave you where you stand
And in those desperate hours
When you need me to appear
I may not be just where you want but
I am always here

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