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The Likes of You.....

Fight the longings deep within,
Never let the innocence win.
Search your heart for the pain's demand,
It's the only feeling you'll understand.

Why take the simple life, of hope, of joy?
These are but dreams you aim to destroy.
The only direction you choose for your life,
Is the comforting, cobbled path of strife.

It's easier, isn't it, just to believe,
That any love that comes to you, will just leave?
And the satisfying existence that you seek,
Is just one argument outside your reach.

Don't look toward the sunnier days,
Don't search out the easier ways.
Know these words as the truth, absolute;
Happiness ain't meant for the likes of you.

       
                                                                                                                        --e.a.s. demers

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