NO ISLAND IS A MAN
I mustn’t hear, I mustn’t fear
I mustn’t touch, I mustn’t clutch
I mustn’t feel, I mustn’t heal
I mustn’t talk, I mustn’t walk
I mustn’t see, I mustn’t be
Should I do all the things above
Should I do all the things I love
Should I be human with emotions
My tears could fill a hundred oceans
Should I hear my ears would bleed
Should I see I’d see of need
Should I feel I’d feel too much
And feel the thrill of a lover’s touch
Should I see I’d see the tears
The anguish in the face of pain
Should I feel I’d feel the fears
The fright of damnation and disdain
Should I touch I’d be touched too much
Should I hear I’d hear of death
Should I walk and talk and such
Sorrow might steal my blessed breath
I care not for despondency
I care not for sorrow’s soul
I care not to live joylessly
Nor hopelessly on the whole
Leave me deaf to humanity’s plea
Leave me blind to the moon and sun
Leave me numb lest I should flee
And be more discouraged than anyone
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embarrassed ducklings
quack quack joylessly
mother shrilly squawks
Because of you my world is now whole.
Because of you love lives in my soul.
Because of you I have laughter in my soul.
Because of you I am no longer afraid of goodbyes.
You are my pillows,
My stone of streangth with me through all seemed seassons and great times of
leanght.
My love for you is pure boundries through space and time grows stronger
everyday with knowledge that you will always be mine.
At the alter I will joylessly say I do fo rI have it all now adn it is all because of you.
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