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I Won't Raise You to be an Echo
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I had such hope for you the day you were born
so beautifully devastated by your need of me
The prospect that I would ruin your life
wound it's way into my gut and refused to go away
But I swore I wouldn't let it happen
I swore I wouldn't become my demons
I would not be the thing that hounded you
for all of your living days
I would not be the one to ever let you
feel like you never mattered
I never wanted you to inherit this loneliness
this urge to drift along, unstable and unhappy
My own footsteps, though weak, trudge on endlessly
in this direction, and then that
ever turning as I hit one brick wall after another
I hang my head and set my shoulders firm
slam after slam after slam into these solid barriers
hoping that one day I will find one of these four walls
transparent and yeilding
that one day I will be able to take your hand
and lead you to some place beautiful and free
but for now, my little one,
please forgive me for the mistakes I make.


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 Reviews of "I Won't Raise You to be an Echo"
Reviewed by Jeremy Vaeni
Reviewed on September 2, 2005
You're so f-ing rock star and you don't even know it. You always get to the bottom of feelings without whining or relying on self-pity. You're a genuine reflector of the soul, a blues saxophone on the poverty-stricken streets of AD. Play on, sista, play on.

Reviewed by Alexandre Arnau
Reviewed on May 27, 2005
this is really good. it reminds me of a prayer i read once, asking forgiveness of past and future sins. it's been too long, your high dorkness. welcome back.

Reviewed by Sue Hess
Reviewed on May 27, 2005
april your poetry has always touched me but this one is exceptional


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