She Said

She said

I believe that for every

bus missed

somewhere out there

a train gets caught

and

it isn't what you are not

or

what you think you haven't got

She said

I might breathe out

this breath

that I'm breathin' in

but

its only in an effort

to resurrect

this life I'm livin'

She said

nothing outside

my front or back door

shocks or appalls

my mind any more

or

at least that’s what I tell myself

as I drag my heart across this floor

She said

if you only knew

the truth

of

the life inside

these shoes

oh Lord

you'd wanna walk

barefoot too


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