Seventeen
"The Number Seventeen"
&& you taught me to love.
&& you made the pain go away.
&& you helped me be less fearful
of the future.
&& you held me through the night
when my nightmares took over.
&& you helped me grow up, and
be stronger.
But now you're the reason I hate.
&& the source of the pain.
the cause of the fear, and the tears
of today.
&& we sleep with our backs turned
and chills run down my spine
&& my nightmares are of you
&& they haunt in my mind
&& the fighting persists
&& i'd rather die...
i see that i'm right back where i started
before you came into my life.
[[JL. 11.01.08]]
&& you taught me to love.
&& you made the pain go away.
&& you helped me be less fearful
of the future.
&& you held me through the night
when my nightmares took over.
&& you helped me grow up, and
be stronger.
But now you're the reason I hate.
&& the source of the pain.
the cause of the fear, and the tears
of today.
&& we sleep with our backs turned
and chills run down my spine
&& my nightmares are of you
&& they haunt in my mind
&& the fighting persists
&& i'd rather die...
i see that i'm right back where i started
before you came into my life.
[[JL. 11.01.08]]