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8/14/2018 6:29:50 PM
Lost Cause	You ask if I'm okay, there's a long pause I try to find the words to let you know I'm a lost cause I know you tried to help, had so much hope But your efforts were no match for the self hatred and dope I'd like to lie and pretend it's all okay But I can't keep pretending so just walk away I'm sick of both of us clinging to delusions I'm sick of the problems that stack up on top of solutions I'm never going to be who you think I should be My pretty face distracts you from what's plain to see I'm not worth the effort time or the prayers So go find a new project fix someone who cares I've given up and you should too Why are you here after all I put you through They all told you I was a loser what did you expect Just cut your losses have some self respect If love cured addiction we'd all be okay But I'm too far gone to pretend today
1/29/2019 4:47:29 AM
Critique, please. This poem is called Fish	Just an ugly fish, floundering Dueling the callous current The water is polluted Like my soul, corrupted Like my thoughts, sickening Just an ugly fish Jealous of the fish who are naturals at swimming Everyone but me makes it look so easy The sky seems so much bluer Than this putrid gray water What if I were meant to fly Not to swim? Just an ugly fish Never fit into any school The others know I don't belong Just an ugly fish
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