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You See

written by: Don Knowles

@DonKnowles3

You see

I've been down this road before

Trusting strangers I opened my door

Broken hearted and left for dead

Half addictions that clouded my head

Depressed afflictions in the dark

You don't see the bruises or the marks

the fractured sense of my own self worth

You won't see the

Abandonment

Valiant desperation or loneliness

What you see now

Is what you'll now get

A strong willed bastard

That won't forget

I've not been the only man on this earth

Whose faced the pain

Whose tasted dirt

That's why I'll pick you up one by one

Empathy is my only gun

Retribution is not

My way of life

The sharpest weapon I carry

Is a butter knife

To spread the Jam

To break the bread

To tell my story

To ease your head

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

Where do all my words come from? Life's ups and downs and sideways and backwards, that's where.