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Insufficiency

I am all that I can be Yet, it doesn’t seem to be, Enough for you Or the rest of the world I don’t seem to please you Or even satisfy your needs Yet, I’m still here, to my own surprise And in my attempts to provide I feel so ostracized So isolated and so set aside Yes, it hurts my pride It’s hard to admit, but I’ve cried Wept in confinement, because you were not my sanctuary- Though you should have been Then again, maybe I, Put too much faith in you Because clearly the only one on your mind is you So I guess I’m the fool, And you were smart as hell, Because we were both in love, But I was the only one that fell…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 7/16/2009 4:36:00 AM
Rolando, this is such a sad sad write. Awesome writing. Hope all is on amends for you now. Time for a new poem dear friend. Love, Carol
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