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Leaky Pen: Poetry

Read by Taeryn

I read
plunging myself deeper
drowning in my imaginary well
But I was laughing
and crying
Immersed in life
Detached from Reality
And the bitter pounding in my head
Of being forced to wake up
Pulls me, drags me from
My story of escape
Because for once
It was right
I was warm,
safe, happy
loved

Brutal Emergence into your world
Has shattered me
Lost my will to exist
Here,
Only there can I cry
My tears of hate
for everything
As I try to retreat back
to my book
I read


 

2.2006

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