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Jun 2014
My love for you is blind
So how can I make you see it?
I'm only trying to bury the pain
Only trying to save you from it
I want to give you a safe place to hide
Maybe you could find it
If you looked deep enough in my eyes
There has to be something you can believe
Just let go of your defenses and
Come to your senses for me
What we have is so strong

I'll come to you if only in a dream
I'll rescue you like you saved me
We are damaged at best
Falling apart sometimes
Barely breathing with tightened chests
But in the pain I hope you find the healing
you need
All the lights are catching up to you now they are fleeting
And you can't put your insomnia to sleep
Because when you close your eyes all you see is
Someone you think you're never going to be

Let me bring you back
Let me make it right
If you crash and burn
At least we know you tried and
When you crawl the lessons learned
Will remind you how you survived
Silence is screaming in your face
Your past comes to haunt you in bad dreams
tonight
I know you wish to take back what you've done
But you can only change the person who you've become
And find a way to leave it alone

I know you're hurt and scarred
If only I could tame your mind and heart
I'm sure you thought it was going to be easier than this
I see your burdens
And they are too much for one man to carry
So just bury them inside of me
It's all so shallow and appealing
When you're over your head and drowning
In a sea of sarcastic faces and familiar places
Everything looks the same to you
It's confusingly amusing, bitter, and tainted
The picture in your mind that you've painted

I just want to take away all you have known
Everything you cannot have
And if you ever need some other love
I'll give you more than you can stand
You walk a thin line
Between what is and what could be but in the end
There's a crack in your crown
And it feels like your sand castle is crumbling down
Your head is filled with fairy tales
You've built yourself a pretty cage
Made of false expectations, illusions, and dreams
With all my strength I just want to bend your bars
                                                                ­                         And set you free....
Ashley Rodden
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Ashley Rodden  32/F/Missouri
(32/F/Missouri)   
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