GK Talabi

I can't get it into my head
That I need to get out of bed
I can't shake this feeling of gloom
As I lay in darkness in my bedroom
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Today will make it just two years
Still I can't hold back my tears
When I remember that fateful day
Which your life was taken away
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I am a woman
A free woman
And I don't see the point
What-so-ever
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My doctor warns
Tobacco is dangerous to my health
He says
It contains Carbon Monoxide
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It was on my deathbed that I realised the world is beautiful
And that I had not lived my one and only life to the full
I look back and regret all the opportunities I did not take
Too afraid people would laugh in case I failed or made a mistake.
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It's too good to be true
But here I am lying in bed with you
I know you won't leave your wife for me
Am here just fulfilling your fantasy.
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This is somebody's child
This is somebody's son
This is somebody's brother
This is somebody's nephew
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Here we are
Here we stand
At the junction
Where three roads meet
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Many times when my emotions are worn
I look up to heaven and curse the day I was born
Because right from the very beginning
This life of mine has had no meaning
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18th of April 1992
Twenty three years!
And I still remember it
Like it happened a few hours ago
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She hasn't eaten this morning
Her stomach is churning
She wants something to put her at ease
A fruit or vegetable like sweet peas
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Murder happened late last night
When no one was in sight
A young woman suffered a brutal attack
Stabbed several times in the chest and back
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The moment I saw you on the Serco van
I instantly knew you were my man
I just couldn't take my eyes off you
Momentarily forgetting I had a job to do
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I remember the day we met
That day I certainly won't forget
It was at the famous Hyde Park
Midnight had fallen and everywhere was dark
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In the Garden of Eden we were created
we never courted or dated
Eve you were my wife from the very start
Loving you with all my heart
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Postnatal depression is real
And this is how I feel
Sad, lonely, depressed, withdrawn,
No enjoyment and emotionally worn
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30/March/2023 is the exact date
That I heard about your fate.
I was chatting and having a laugh
With a new member of staff,
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We courted for so many a year
Till we became a compatible pair
I introduced him to my family
And they received him happily
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