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This poem is about Dissociation, Derealization and Depersonalization. As a result of severe abuse.

I am standing there, upright. For those to see, present. My eyes are open wide. But time and world are bent. My eyes are not outside. Time doesn't move, inside Where who I am is sent And nothing looks quite right For every second spent Triples my internal fright Because everything seems so unreal And I try so hard, but cannot deal With a room that is a room no more Please come closer, help me deal Make me better, help me heal. Because I am frightened to the core.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 4/15/2017 8:38:00 PM
This one gave me a lump in my throat. Hugs Piroet xomo
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Date: 4/16/2017 1:25:00 AM
OOPS, forgot to remove this at this very place.... This lyric has been changed and put to music by Mark Massey, mo, check it out :)
Date: 5/28/2016 2:04:00 AM
Darren, WOW, you've expressed your emotions right. SKAT
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Date: 5/27/2016 12:38:00 PM
I would choose Lyric over Sonnet for this moving and complex write. I was a bit lost until I read your entry explaining the topic, then it fell beautifully into place and I understood, I felt and I was touched ... CayCay
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