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Abolish Selfish Dreams
by Erica Ivory → (All Poetry by Erica Ivory)
  
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I gaze into the mirror..
All I see is me..
It doesn't really matter..
I am not what I seem to be..

My eyes to me look hollow..
My skin has lost its glow..
My face looks somehow sunken..
I have lost myself.. I know.

No one is happy with who I am..
They all want me to be, as I seem...
To live up to all expectations..
To abolish selfish dreams..

They don't feel the guilt I have..
They don't know how hard I try..
They only see what they want..
They only see the lie..

And even when I scream the truth..
I AM DOING THE BEST THAT I CAN!!
It doesn't seem to be heard..
Failure has no friends..

If only I could change..
Like a mystic magic dream..
Keep everything inside of me...
To abolish selfish dreams..

I am not who I seem... I am only me

Erica Ivory

I am doing the best that I can!!!



it seems we all have to do this at times

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 Reviews of "Abolish Selfish Dreams"
Reviewed by richard poor
Reviewed on December 3, 2008
i like this.....

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on December 28, 2002
Ginger...who is the enemy that is so hard to face ... your inner self is the non accepting creature that lashes out at you and beats you down. It is not they but you who hold this inside of you. Let it out and let it out now. Let go and let God. You can find happiness. There is a certain path that you must follow, but you can do, once you wash the demons away. Hold my hand and let's pray. "Padre nuestro que estas en los cielos, santificada sea su nombre. Perdonarnos como perdonammos otros."
Librenos de nuestros culpas. En el nombre de Jesus Cristo. Bill Murray (((hugs)))

Reviewed by Brittany Renée
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
"Failure has no friends." Profound Erica. You're poetry strikes me harder each time I read it . Wonderful! You've just described me. As well as everybody else ;)
Happy New Year!!
*-Brittany-*

Reviewed by Janet Caldwell
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
Do the best that you can and don't worry about the a**holes who judge you from their self polished thrones. They don't have a clue. I could take this same advice. ;) Happy New Year! JC xoxoxo

Reviewed by Josephine Bohen
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
hello new friend, all anyone can ask is that we do the best we can, even ourselves. seems to me you do pretty damn good
josie

Reviewed by john zimmerman
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
good write
the best we can do sometimes is not enough
but it remains all that we can do ---
that is just the way it is

hang in there kido-
john +

Reviewed by Amber Lynn (Reader)
Reviewed on December 27, 2002
Don't we all know this feeling? I like the part where you are describing yourself best as opposed to the abstract. Good Write.


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