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Drown
December 23, 2009
You left me here,
in the boat of your dreams,
on the sea of fading memories.
Here I am, alone at last,
and all I taste is dust.
The ancient dust of day-old hopes.
These hopes were not my own,
but they were your's
that you couldn't fulfill.
So I did, and now I'm done.
Done with life;
finished with caring.
I've given up my wishes.
I tryed so hard
to be what you wanted.
I succeeded; I followed your mission.
But here I am.
And I've lost myself.
No more life to lead my own.
Your boat does leak,
and I'm sinking now
into memories and dust.
© Maria B., Boston, MA
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