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She’s still a long way away from here, Even though I’m holding her hand, She’s still running fast, alone in her head, Even though, together, we stand, And she stares through the things that she could’ve seen, Blind to the world she’d have known, Blind to the happy and vibrant and free, Instead, in her mind all alone, She lives with her phobia, her P.T.S.D., She lives with her panic disorder, She lives with every form of unease, She’s a nervous wreck sort of a hoarder, But, she manages, with wine, her sweats and her dizzy, She manages the pain in her chest, She manages, with a pack of smokes every day, And her mind runs away when depressed.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 2/14/2018 9:06:00 AM
So well written Lewis! It amazes me how you are able to describe this state so well ... and in great rhyme. Love the first 2 lines!! ~Judy
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Date: 2/14/2018 5:08:00 PM
Wow, thats really nice of u Judy, thank you :)
Date: 2/12/2018 11:20:00 PM
Really deep and sympathetic poem. Well written, Lewis.
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Date: 2/14/2018 5:07:00 PM
Thank you Line
Date: 2/11/2018 11:49:00 PM
A poem that resonates, you have expressed this so well!
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Date: 2/12/2018 3:52:00 PM
Thank you Arthur, i'm glad u enjoyed this one :)
Date: 2/11/2018 10:53:00 PM
Such a tough existence she has, and you depicted it brilliantly in your poem, Lewis! Excellent!
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Date: 2/11/2018 11:27:00 PM
Thanks Laura, yes she does :/
Date: 2/11/2018 10:09:00 PM
A cutting poem. Whether based on fact or fiction it is true.
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Date: 2/11/2018 11:26:00 PM
Thanks Maureen, a little bit fact a little bit fiction.

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