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Created on: June 21, 2009 Last Updated: July 30, 2009
There was something that I wanted to say,
I wrote it on paper, but I threw it away.
Now I can't remember the words again,
Such a state to find myself in.
I had a story that I wanted to tell,
On a subject that I knew very well,
I thought of poetic lines in the night,
In the morning I had nothing to write.
I swear to myself I won't write anymore,
Let the paper fall on the cold hard floor,
But a new passing thought comes rushing in,
And I find myself reaching for a paper and pen.
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