11/19/11
Why do I always end up losing the ones I love?
When I finally get what I want they end up flying away
Off into the sunset with all my memories
I can’t seem to make anything work out.
when I get to the place where I’m ready to try
Everything starts crashing down around me
It seems impossible to burn down those walls
The walls that are constantly closing in, suffocating me
That never relent as hard as I try to push them back
I wrestle myself out
But I still feel as if I’m being dragged back,
Pulled farther and farther into the dark
I want to break free
I feel it in my heart
Something is trying to escape
But the chains that bind me are too strong
Every time I pull against them they tighten
Wrapping round and round and round
Squeezing until all I can do is give up
Give in
To the barriers in my mind
Not for fear of misery
But for fear of happiness
And then having it wrenched away
Life can’t be lived that way
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