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Feet off the Ground


When I was young and naive And the world was in front of me, My dreams were infinite And heaven was a place so high That I'd do anything to get my feet off the ground A few years later, I was still naive And the world started narrowing it's options for me. I fell in love like a vase from the Empire State And broke just as hard. With tears in my eyes. One by one, I picked my feet off the ground But it wasn't quite the same. And now that I'm older and slightly less naive, I have no dreams And hell is a place in my own mind And with this rope around my neck, I finally got my feet off the ground
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ritchyrich424
Nice jobe james seriously, this is a very moving poem!

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