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Traps

Your relationship's a trap,

Like sand your quick foots gripped,

Like chains delaying freedom

That hold you to your crypt.

 

Or at least I think it shall,

If careful steps ar'n't ta'en,

Like a lion in a cage

That you right now are ma'in'.

 

And make it you must soon,

For feelings forced to wait

Become immersed in fear

With nerves that ants inflate

 

Antsy is the grin

That dawdles with the heart.

You'll sabotage your options

Before you even start.

 

So make your choice in haste,

Despite your drowned dismay.

To settle for this trap

Or trap yourself your way?

 

Again the choice is yours

To make or disregard,

But know this, future me:

Happiness is hard.

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Published
Oct 7, 2010
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October 2010

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