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Catherine Paige May 2010
Turn the handle
Rudimentary
Still I respond this way

Stutter of water
Fear the sound
I respond this way

Water in drops
Water in streams
All I want to do is scream

Close my eyes
Down my back and up my spine
Fearing the water
Fear in the water

Remembering takes me there
Help me, don’t dare…
Help me, don’t dare…

Remembering this place
Fearing his actions
Cleanliness is violation

Bend the story
Lie to myself
I know the problem
I can’t fix it by myself

Can’t speak…
Brought shame…
Feel pain…
I fear…

Can not touch a man
Can not be near you
Can not open how I feel
Can not un-bottle emotions
Can not let you in
Can not let them know

Memories
Break me down
I’ll build me up

Traumatized
Beat me up
I’ll get stronger
I’ll stitch the wound

Learn to forgive
Make me forget

Look at what you’ve done.
This was written December 26, 2009.
Very raw and unedited.
Catherine Paige May 2010
What’s your “happily ever after”?
Mine is to see the world with you
I want to see the sky of Egypt
Want to see the lights of Paris
Igloo camping in Alaska
Eating chocolate in Germany

Will you, come with me?
Will you, come with me?

Holding hands and walking the streets
Mostly ***** and a little bit clean
Living day to day and heart to heart
Nothing to our name but pictures and souvenirs
Getting odd jobs just to make it through

Can I, be with you?
Can I, be with you?

Traveling the world and seeing the sights
Still nothing is as pleasing to my eyes
As when I wake up, to see your face

Diamonds mean nothing to me
‘Cause everywhere I go they're in the sky
Name brand clothes don’t mean a thing
‘Cause anything can have a name

You and me, can we be?
You and me, can we be?

I can see us now in the streets of a city
Hand in hand and heart to heart
Mostly ***** and a little bit clean
We may live day to day but our love will live forever
This was written in 2006.
Catherine Paige May 2010
She thinks you light up the sun.
You think she turned on the stars.

She adds beauty to life already grand.
You make her happy in a way she hasn’t been.

She’ll be loyal.
She’ll be loving.
She is broken.
She is learning.

You’ll be funny.
You’ll be musical.
You are different.
You are needed.

She is…
You are…

In love.
This was written in 2006.

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