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by Coco
Morning came and you were there
you stretched your hand out, but I did not dare
I could not take it or need it , despair
What is it like to need, to totally embrace
to lose yourself in the unknown, a whisper, a dream,
not think, not fear, not sense the impending winds of
destruction always so near.
How do I turn off this feeling of despair, I want
so much to need you, to want you there, why was
I not born with this need to need, to feel, to care
without question or despair
No matter now you have moved your hand away,
your face has a shadow, I think it's despair
(c) 2004
Coco lives in Boston, but is originally from Peurto Rico and NYC. She has been writing since grade school, mostly in the erotica genre. Her personal motto toward writing is simply "examine your heart and let the words flow onto the paper from there."
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