Poetry: Numb - by Karyn B Jules

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by Karyn B Jules

Created on: November 07, 2009

Fallen...

You said you wouldn't let me fall
if I was near the edge
I trusted you to pull me back
if I slipped off that ledge

I'm spinning now and scared
I cannot see you anywhere
I think I hit the ground
but I can't feel if you are there

It wasn't meant to end
we were supposed to be forever
but as I try to find you
all around I'm hearing "never"

Are you still here or have you gone?
Is this what we've become?
A ghost and an emotional wreck
who's now completely numb?

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Heart lies on the surgeon's table,
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