We've Got to Get Better...

By agentlemenspromise

When your pills loose their effect ill be there for your withdrawal
Even if you nearly ODed again
Ill hold your shaking hands
And deal with your mood swings
Id sit with you on the nights you can’t sleep
And hold you closer when you’re crying
...Before you relapse you’ll realize that someone who loves you is too overwhelming...
You’d find yourself too content with affection
And too nervous when I look into those pain strickenly beautiful eyes
The only thing you can think to do is to push me away again
...But I don’t find it comforting to find the only person who means anything to me on the bathroom floor again...
So id hold your shaking body in tears
And pray for you to throw up the aspirin
Because if you died id want to go with you
I just need you to wake up again
I just need you to want to live again
I need you as much as you needed me
...Just start breathing again please....

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Copyright 2004 agentlemenspromise
Published on Saturday, November 6, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: "i need you as much as you needed me ...just start breathing again please.... " ~ wow, it encourages me to weep . . . i feel a swelling tear. This is so beautiful. ~ Rose.

  • BleedSilver On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, BleedSilver (298)By person wrote:

    God Damn! If this is the big thing you were working on...You fuckin killed it. This one is my fave work by you...I can't describe what feelings you aroused in me that I have felt all too often...

  • BleedSilver On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, BleedSilver (298)By person wrote:

    I love the flow, and your overall structure...If I had to quote one line to say it is my fave, I would be very hard pressed to do so. Wonderful job, gent.

  • A former member wrote: ...development. I used to say,"If you take care of me, I will take care of you." Now I say,"I will take care of me for you, if you will take care of you for me." Heart wrenching, Sounds hardly fair.

  • A former member wrote: Whoa! Something I read a long time ago from The Treasury Of Quotes by Jim Rohn stuck with me, I'd like to share with you because I have thought along these lines every since.... -The greatest gift that you can give to somebody is your own personal develo

  • manywalks On Saturday, November 6, 2004, manywalks (747)By person wrote:

    Provocative.

  • Angst Queen On Saturday, November 6, 2004, Angst Queen (370)By person wrote:

    This is very sad. I tip my hat to you for being so patient and loving.

  • Zhee On Saturday, November 6, 2004, Zhee (529)By person wrote:

    this was heart wrenching... well done!

  • Lynaes On Saturday, November 6, 2004, Lynaes (854)By person wrote:

    Oh my god.. this hit me so, so hard.. brought tears my eyes too. It's very hard to cope with the fact that you can only do so such for a person and still be strong for them..

  • Lynaes On Saturday, November 6, 2004, Lynaes (854)By person wrote:

    and it's soul-destroying when they push you away.. Amazing work, I am honestly stunned.

  • sIo On Saturday, November 6, 2004, sIo (898)By person wrote:

    this brought tears to my eyes. i have nothing more to say about this poem.

  • A former member wrote: This just brought back so many memories...sickening ones...that I tried to throw away...but they're there for a reason...and I can't...thank you for this. Evocative, poignant write. This would break my heart, were it not already in pieces.

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