POETRY OF THE HEART's topics - tribe.netTribe.net. Local ConnectionsPoemsyouknowyoulovemehttp://tribes.tribe.net/poetshearts/thread/d46d4b35-d905-4ade-ad59-eb88c2d9e7422006-02-09T23:57:14Z2006-02-09T23:57:14Z<div> "What am I?"
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<br/>What am I?
<br/>I am a burden,
<br/>Loading you with depression,
<br/>Dragging us both down against our wills.
<br/>And yet you cling to me desperately,
<br/>Keeping our heads above the water,
<br/>A hope to my despair.
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<br/>What am I?
<br/>I am fickle,
<br/>Changing my ways and my mood,
<br/>Slipping into them like a dress,
<br/>And sometimes it's a tight fit.
<br/>But you're there, standing patiently
<br/>With a hanger at the ready,
<br/>In case you think that mood doesn't suit me.
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<br/>What am I?
<br/>I am young,
<br/>My naievete impairs my judgement,
<br/>And I make choices I wouldn't normally,
<br/>Leading myself astray.
<br/>But then I see the light of your lantern ahead of me,
<br/>And I find my way back to you,
<br/>And to sense.
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<br/>What am I?
<br/>I am me,
<br/>A writhing mass of self-loathing,
<br/>An insecure, rejection-phobe.
<br/>Lifting you up as I drag myself down,
<br/>Caring for you more than I care for myself.
<br/>And I see you standing up so high,
<br/>As you turn, you smile down at me,
<br/>And I find myself rising up to join you.
<br/>So I've finally realized what I am,
<br/>Both to myself,
<br/>And you.
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<br/>What am I?
<br/>I am yours.
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