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Dave Harm


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Looking Within

 

it was strange... to look within
to leave behind a world
where approval... was a drug
needed to survive
this path... this journey
made some believe
they were abandoned
yet... it was the greatest
act of love ever given

for the first time
I accepted that your actions
were not my responsibility
it was painful... to realize
I couldn't save you
it wasn't done out of hate
rather... as a means of survival
... mine...

who knows what tomorrow will bring
the sun will rise
and I'll see it in a new way
our dependence on each other
wasn't love
it was an illness
that stopped our growth
and took us on a path
that wasn't our destiny

 

 

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-- Edited by Dave Harm on Saturday 11th of April 2009 09:30:49 PM

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Vicky R


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Hi Dave,

thanks for that. It strikes me as a really great way to illustrate the programme!
A poem to convey the kind of emotional work that we do,

lloll Vickyr x

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