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Sep 2016
I stand upon the ledge overlooking the world
And I wish that I had wings
I try to fly, try to sail away
Into the comfort of your dreams
But just like all the times before
I can't keep this air beneath me
So here I am now, just a broken man
Pieces of the wreckage I knew I'd be

I walk upon the edge of the ocean
And I let the tides heal my wounded feet
My footprints along this shoreline
Have become a history incomplete
But the horizon turns the pages
On all my forgotten days
So here I am, a broken man
As the waves carry me away

It feels so cold out here tonight
My warmth has all but floated away
It's been quiet here out on the water
But the voice in my soul has more to say
I'm still here, still the same broken man
Pieces of the wreckage I knew I'd be
But after all this, barely adrift, barely alive
Did I find you, in the remains of me?
Old poem, written many years and many reasons ago.
Chris Thomas
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Chris Thomas  43/M/Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
(43/M/Knoxville, Tennessee, USA)   
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