Thursday, May 12, 2005

Poem for Cest la Vie

aloneisabadword
itmeansalways
singleinaworldoftwos
itmeanssleepingsolitarywhen
everyoneisintwinbeds
itmeanscoldwhenall
othershaveasharedwarmth
itmeansalwaysoutside
lookinginandknowingthat
youhavetochangetosomething
notyoutobecomeoneofthem
andbeone
yetstillalone
becauseyouarealwaysyou
evenifyouaresomeoneelse
itmeansalwaysangryatyoubecause
youdidnothavethestrengthtostayyou
andhadtobethem
sellingouttobestrongisinitself
aweaknessbecausethereisaseparate
peaceforthosestrongandalone
andthosestronghappytogetherbutnot
themself.
ifIshouldchangeiwoulddie
ofmissingme.


And yes, I hate typing that thing. What POSSESED me to write it like that, I'll never know, but I've always liked it that way.

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