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I can't permit myself to get all too involved
one can only run so far from problems unresolved
but still, head first into the crisis I have delved
my heart and sanity out of harm's way I have safely
shelved
I gain strength from an old past and repressed pain
after much deliberation
relaxation takes the lead and my senses tiredly wane
but the time has come for me to take my rightful
place
and stare love and loss in the eye when they get in
my face
turn away again, that I will never allow myself
to do
look what happened to me the last time I did
I paid a most exuberant price
I lost your love
and then I lost you...........
(July 28,1991 pm)