5 February, 2008

Being Me

Jeanne Fiedler

I’m agitated
I want to soar
like the swallow
swim like the swan
roar like the lion
rise with the dawn
Underneath my facade
of quiet
there lies a restlessness
an angered rhythm
to my insanity..
I’m depressed
Let me shake my lifelessness
out
Let it disperse
and disappear
I need a mirache
send one my way
don’t eat me alive
Let me rest
stifle my fear
let me be
but leave
me the power
to choose
my life
from yours

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