tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55981743126356085182024-03-12T21:20:54.590-07:00Pretty little misfit...all alone in a crowded world.Melissa R. Womackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05240456040415741130noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598174312635608518.post-82023290349919632242010-10-20T23:41:00.000-07:002010-10-21T02:44:10.400-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reaching For Nothing</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There's only air in my reach</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as my arms extend in front of me.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">No other shadow, but my own</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">for as far as I can see.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You didn't say goodbye.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You never have before.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Stricken with lonliness, deeper this time</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">effecting my mind, my soul, my core.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I stare at the path you made</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when you left me in your dust. </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's fading quicker now</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">taking with it, my trust.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I reach out to you</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">foolish move, for you have gone</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">chasing the first gem</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">who unknowingly came along.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm reaching, but nothing is there.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Holding on to something intangible</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">something stripped so bare.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Time eventually heals the pain. </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A new watchful eye and cautious heart,</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">but scars still remain.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I begin to push aside the memories.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm coming to my own.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You left behind the flawed diamond</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">all the while you were collecting stones.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A sudden flash to my past as I see you standing there.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My confidence doesn't alter,</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">my shine making it hard not to share.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You step closer now to take another glance.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I wave goodbye and hurry away</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">as you've already had your chance.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Realizing what was lost, you try to reconcile.</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You reach out, but nothing's there</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've been gone for awhile. </span></b></span></span></div>Melissa R. 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