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It's not easy

This feeling I can't control, 
 
I can't name it and I just don't know, 
 
It's nothing I've felt before,

So I can't just ignore, 
 
This tragic change inside, 
 
My stomach hurting and I can't hide, 
 
From this feeling I might deny, 
 
Is this all just a lie? 
 
I can't help but expect the worst, 
 
And honestly I think I'm cursed, 
 
Because every time I feel this way, 
 
Something always ruins it's stay, 
 
My heart flinching from the blows, 
 
A feeling my heart only knows, 
 
So yes I might push you away, 
 
And then go bipolar and ask you to stay, 
 
So bare with me as I try to love you, 
 
Because I'm trying to let you love me too.

Love lost

◄ Moonlight

The Dark ►

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M.C. Newberry

Tue 14th Oct 2014 14:46

The feeling of being torn between emotions is
well caught here.
Is "bare" (although apt in one way) actually
meant to be "bear"?

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