Let Me Dance With the Dead

leave me to dance with the dead
for that is where i belong
i've given up and made my bed
you knew i would all along
expecting me to continue to fight
stop, think and take this in
this cold skeleton dressed in white
contains no soul within
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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December 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Ow this battle between your heart and soul is killing you and i think it kills the persona you love i fs he had to read it,, i guess there was once strong love here,,to have these deep emotional feelings,,heartfelt poem indeed,,i can somehow relate-Charma
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