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""Dad"" by HaUnTed_sOuL

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Say it all you want,
"You're not goth, you don't cut your wrists."
Well, try living in my shoes,
Try to survive a life like this.

Everyday I wake up in this place,
Mostly wishing I were dead.
Don't think for a second that you know me,
Or what goes on inside my head.

Trust me, I'm more fucked,
Then you could ever think I am.
Don't think I can pull this trigger?
Oh, I think I can.

Don't think I'll swallow the last of these pills?
I have done that before.
Dont try to tempt me to stop,
I'll just swallow more.

Maybe thats a good thing,
Then you wont have to deal.
Maybe next time I'll press down harder.
The wounds won't have time to heal.

You don't even know your own kid.
How unbelievably sad can you be?
Don't worry, I don't know me either.
I don't even think the others see.

I don't think they see the pain,
Or the anger that is inside.
I don't think they see the scars,
I'm desperatly trying to hide.

Sometimes I just want to shake you,
And show you my mutilated arms.
Sometimes I want help,
So I'll stop my self-inflicted harm.

Sometimes I actually want to show you a real smile,
But the anger inside wont allow me.
Sometimes I want to scream at you,
Maybe then, you will leave me be.

You seem to think it is so easy,
To put the razor down and say no.
Don't you think if it was that easy for me,
I would have stopped along time ago??

Maybe someday I will get better,
And you can have your daughter back.
But right now, Dad, I need this pain,
So I wouldn't count on that.



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On Monday December 6th, 2004, HaUnTed_sOuL (18) writes:
thanks guys im glad to hear when it touched sumone


On Thursday December 2nd, 2004, Valentine (508) writes:
amazing work . . powerful, wonderfully expressed ~ Rose


On Monday November 22nd, 2004, lost_moody_soul (34) writes:
I enjoyed it you have great talent... as for not bein original..it doesnt matter shes just expressing what she feels anyways , haunted i think you're great, keep writing and i'll keep reading.


On Friday November 19th, 2004, ~SHeLL*BeLL~ (72) writes:
hey this is fucken great! now one of my favs.very nice work!!


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Atalanta (43) writes:
Oh dear!! I can relate to this. I went through a time like this a few years ago. It will all pass eventually.~Atalanta


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Stormcomin (43) writes:
You have done a great job in venting what haunts you. If you feel it, and can write it down, that's what it's meant for. This is your way to cope with your feelings. Don't compromise it.


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Liz (406) writes:
When you say "don't worry," are you feeling sorry for your Dad, that he can't figure you out either? Or are you making fun of him? Are you jeering or comiserating?


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Liz (406) writes:
As you spend more time on DP, you'll start to notice that the average feeling about this kind of poem is that we all know the story, and no one wants to here it again.


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Liz (406) writes:
I know it feels unique to you, and in certain respects each story is unique. But in all honestly no one cares that you have pain. What we care about is how artistically you can express it, and whether or not you're strong enough to overcome it.


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, Liz (406) writes:
Why do you need the pain, what caused it? How do you FEEL, what is it LIKE, when you struggle between wanting to smile and not being able to? Explore something a little deeper next time.


On Tuesday November 16th, 2004, HaUnTed_sOuL (18) writes:
Thank you for you input.....I'v got to express emotion with what I write....Thank you



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