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New Grip

The longer I fall, the more I doubt the bottom Will ever rise up to meet me and end it The more I stare at blue eyes I’m lost in I realize I’m trying my best to spread out and wing it I have a little bit left at least a few hundred more breaths To get it right, to stand up tall and not put up a fight To a friend to a lover, let my heart see the sky I don’t have to be my scars or the product of my lies I could always be what you think you see in my eyes I know I could be one in a million But most of the time I feel like a disjointed skeleton Pieces to a puzzle that no one is building I would grow but my sky is blocked by the ceiling So leave me here for the winter I need healing I need to be alone to understand why I’m leaning On all these liquor bottles just to stand I’m old enough to just be a man No excuses just the bible and a plan I was taught better and worse than this But I can keep on straddling this fence So I’m letting go just to find a new grip
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Feb 29, 2012
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