You may think my life is perfect,
That I'm a perfect paper doll,
That I handle stress with ease,
that I can cope with it all.

You think you are observant,
That you have caught it all,
I've quite a surprise for you...
(you've been looking at a WALL.)

Oh no, I cannot let you in,
You'd undermine all my defense.
It'd hurt me worse than you could soothe,
No no. I need another fence.

No no, please, just go away,
I cannot bear to look at you,
It would be ease itself to let you in,
Maybe, just to be with you..

But No! What am I saying?
I'll do nothing of the sort!
But oh, just once, to trust another..
I wish I knew how we could part.

I don't know, it's so hard for me,
Sometimes I cry myself to sleep,
How I need a friend to come,
If just to hold me when I weep.

The sorrow which I knew before,
Has, just this day, been surpassed,
When I saw you at the door,
and knew you as my soul at last..

11/29/1999

Posted on 09/25/2001
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