Teaching Me To Drown

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36° 44' 8.952" N, 76° 1' 39.3096" W

Thanks, my friend

For being there

To kick me when I’m down.

For dragging me to into the well of despair,

For teaching me to drown.

There’s no way out

No lifeguard

No ladder

No one to pull us up

From these deep dark holes

They’re where we shall stay, stuck..

Friend, how did we get this way?

While these tears run dry

we’ll just have to wait

Til someone hears our cry.

The well of hopelessness

It sucked you in so quickly

You called for help-

I tried to save you,

But now I’m just feeling sickly.

You showed me how to hate myself,

To wallow in our shared pain.

You split my heart up with your own

From which neither of us gained.

How is keeping secrets,

Telling lies that are well dressed

Anything to be proud of?

You just seem possessed.

That must be it, my answer:

There must be something grabbing hold of your soul

‘Cuz all that’s left of your heart is a deep, dark hole.

Your thoughts are all so rearranged.

You really aren’t your normal self-

And you say I’m the ones who’s changed.

That I’m the one in poor health.

Well, my friend, if this is true,

I’ve go no one but YOU to blame.

You pushed your bitterness on me,

You put all other cruelty to shame.

There are no words to describe

What will happen to us now.

But in the meantime, let me just say,

Thanks for teaching me to drown.

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