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Protect Them Or My Soul?

July 8, 2010
By LoverOfSong PLATINUM, New Lenox, Illinois
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LoverOfSong PLATINUM, New Lenox, Illinois
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"When words fail, music speaks." Hans Christian Anderson

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I don't yet understand why people come to me for answers,
when I can't even find my own,

I can no longer take care of others,
and still keep my sanity.

What do I do?
I cannot leave them,
for they will perish.

But if I continue to sacrifice myself...
I will be no more.

© Allyson S., Highland Village, TX

The author's comments:
People come to me for advice, or just to let everything spill out. But It comes to a point where a single person cannot handle the burdens alone.
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