Hopeless
i know
i am hopeless –
around you
my strength –
disappears –
when you look at me
and the things i say,
and the things –
i want to say –
tumble and fall –
before the look –
on your face
before they can –
even finish the race
i know
i am hopeless –
around you
James Garratt
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Hopeless – Written November 2008 (Aged 33)
