Every Time You Look At Me
i try to sleep
but sleep –
with its uneven dreams
pulls me –
apart at the seams
and it tries to hang me
from its wooden beams
i try not to look
but every time –
you look at me
it leaves me so chained
James Garratt – August 2007
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Every Time You Look At Me – Written August 2007 (Aged 32)
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