Steps.

Steps.

A Poem by I love you; just not today.

One...
I look down..and see nothing..
I'm just floating there..
waiting...to see if your gonna let me fall..
let me fall..&& never help me up..
two...
I'm holding my breath..
I'm turning purple..but I still feel so calm..
I close my eyes..&& I can remember..
all the times..you used to love me..
three...
Nothing makes sense anymore..
but..I think that is how life is supposed to be..
not to make sense..just jump all around..
like this poem..
four...
Your holding my hand..&& I slip..
but you do not fall with me..
I'm on my way down..
&& I know this is going to hurt..
but..did I deserve it??..
five...
"Daddy...don't leave..I love you.."..
I told you this..&& you still had the nerve to leave..
I grew up..&& I'am still holding that over my head..
I'm older..and crankier..&& bitter..and so incredibly dumb..
I guess, I get it from you..
six...
Pick up sticks...if only it was that simple..
but it isn't..pick up sticks..is just another phrase to me..
pick up your life..move on..you can do it..
but your wrong..I cant..not right now..why can't you see that..
seven...
What I would do..to go back in the past..
fix everything..&& make it seem like nothing bad ever happened..just let it disappear..into the unknown..
eight...
I learned something today..
no matter what you do...you will never think you are good enough..
no matter what..not even if someone actually begins to like you..
you will sit there wondering..what are they thinking..when you yourself cant even figure it out..
nine...
Tomorrow..will be like another tomorrow..waiting..just waiting..
holding on to what dignity you still have left..
hoping..you wont go to-wards that light..
Ten...
Are you gonna let me fall...or help me up?..
 

© 2008 I love you; just not today.


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I love you; just not today.
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i understand what you mean
im guessing this is about your father?
and i understand its hard growing up without a real father figure
i have being growing up with no parents pretty much.. so i understand
the whole feeling not good enough or never being the perfect daughter..

Posted 16 Years Ago


innovative idea, the composition could've been little better I feel, lyrically. a decent poem overall.

Posted 16 Years Ago



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Added on July 4, 2008
Last Updated on July 26, 2008