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| All I'm looking for | |
| by Harry Leonard
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| The painful truth echoes inside my head -
the friends I thought were once so dear
have gone away - as if they never existed.
To realize so suddenly and completely
that what I had was never here -
that I imagined everything.
The hollow shock of waking up naked
and alone - feeling utterly betrayed,
let down once more - how long have I waited?
Ignorant to what they said - still thinking it was real -
can't claim naivete - it's happened so many times before.
Yet every time I feel there's hope - I'm living in denial.
I do not wish for tolerance nor the emptiness it leaves -
the heightened pangs of hunger for acceptance.
Fool for the oasis of emotion - I dive in deep.
All I'm looking for is someone who values me
for what I am and all that I can do
and appreciates my individuality
not someone who finds me, on occasion, amusing
but otherwise not worth the time, nor worth respect -
a helpless child they're always protecting.
All I'm looking for is what I haven't found.
And I will keep on looking and I will keep up hope.
I hope that you will find the same whenever I'm around.
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