Steven Rowe

I have surrounded my heart with a 1000 foot wall, a shark infested moat, and castle that can not be broken through

The outside pain disappeared.
That was not the problem
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Overwhelmed by emotions,
My mind is stuck behind a thick haze.
The only person I see is strangely different than I remember her,
New, but perfect.
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One Day...
My mind will be empty,
With all dreams fulfilled.
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Grabbing at your arms.
Pulling at your heart.
You aren't ready to go.
With whom would you leave?
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I see a long night,
A night I won't remember.
I want a great night,
A night always to remember.
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Looking deeper and deeper,
And eventually I find the big dipper.
However, as I try harder,
I realize I can see no farther.
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To the left,
To the right,
Half inept,
Half in flight,
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My muse.

Not a drop-dead gorgeous
with everything superfluous.
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The world all around,
As bleak as can be.
Nowhere to turn,
Nor anything left for ye.
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As I walk around what I call my place
I see a world created,
Disregarding time and space.
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My stomach churns,
My heart begins to pitter-patt,
My throat swells, leaving me gasping for air...
Then,
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Always going,
Never stopping.

The more work,
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Where am I going?
Who is with me?
Will they travel alongside me?
Or, will they keep distant?
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Where to go?
Canada, another state, anywhere.

Do I really want to leave?
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Hard to achieve,
yet,
Easy to believe.
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When the present is the future,
Your mind goes wily.
Your emotions are plagued by hysteria.
Your dreams are in front of you.
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Fishing in a lake full of rainbow trout,
All that I can catch is the one and only catfish,
After throwing it back with different bait several times,
I devise a plan,
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Jumping up and down, I can not find it
As I look up down and around It's not there
My emotions run wild, I'm in quite the fit
The word escapes my mouth, it's not fair
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