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Unable to 'good'

**I stand aside sometimes

And await my punishment

Await my flogging

The consequences of my actions

I know I've been bad

I've lied to myself so, I have been had... by me

But that false reality, for a second, filled me with so much satisfaction

I stand aside, stand out of my own way... so I can see

The ability to be in denial to myself is one that I lack, that character is hardly me

And so, I stand aside sometimes, turn my gaze inward, and look inside at times

Correct my wrongs

The rhythm somehow kind of went off key

Re-write these songs

These bad ideas come in crowds... in throngs

These crazy things that we conjure up

That flow freely

**** this tap

Will never stop giving

When will it dry up?**

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Written by
nigel-obiya
Kenyan
Published
May 21, 2013
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My friends are so wrong, but that's my problem. Hahaha....

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