joses tirtabudi Poems

Clock hits twelve, hit the switch.

Turn on the bass, feel it lift.
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I may be the cream of the crop, I could be the brass at the top. I could rise up, beyond ordinary's scope, where does it stop? Where does it stop?

I could have the biggest house, best car, flashy jewels, a hollywood star. I could be the biggest, richest, best-known near n' far. But none of that's gonna get me where you are.
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I first remember you from way back, when I was just a kid. You stopped your life and reached down to spend time with me.
I guess I'm getting rather old now, as I look back and wistfully wish. Wish that things would go back to how they use to be.
Cause you ain't there no more, to spend some time with me, find something for me to do, walk beside me, catch me when I fall.
Now I find that I'm all alone in a cold cruel world, faltering, running scared. I'm tired of running, I don't want to run no more.
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I fell on my knees to pray, found a demon in my safest haven.
Hideous deformation of some craved being from which I'm fleeing.
Footsteps behind me, torture my mind, wondering if a remedy I'll find.
Doesn't matter where I am, this monster still finds me, inside me is he.
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Saw you again tonight.
Come to think of it, ain't seen you for quite some time.
I don't really know what others think,
Whether you're beautiful or not - whether you need a shrink.
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Never quit, never say die,
Never from adversity shy.
We swallow fear, and let courage out,
Pulling down the walls, facing the doubt.
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We meet on an autumn day, under the trees

Fast forward one year and a half, and now we're here - done, broken, finished.
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You know, there are these dreary days,

When a melancholic mood holds me in its sway,
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A list of impossibilities:

Apparently, we'll never, no matter the science get to the moon,
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I heard a little bird tell me, per say,
That someone was coping it the other day,
Yet another heartbreak in a cold world,
But I wanted to let you know, hold on girl.
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