By RainbowChaser
Date: 2003 Feb 27
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Leave me Alone

What's wrong with you
is it something to do with me
have i hurt or wronged you
or are you just fed up with me

leave me alone, you say
as if i don't matter one iota
as if i could fall off the edge of the earth and you wouldn't care
as if my very existence inconveniences you

i've wanted to tell you to leave me alone
to go away
to find someone else
and to let me to wallow in my misery alone, but i'm not that strong

how can you say those words to me
do you realize how much they hurt
how they make me feel unneeded, unwanted, undesirable
no, of course you wouldn't know, you wouldn't understand

your crises in life are too great for you alone to bear
so you decide to share them with me
so that i can bear your burden and mine too
but only alone, because i am strong

you don't give me credit for being strong
yet you use my strength to your advantage
and you deny your weakness
but it is so glaring that it blinds you everyday

you tell me to leave you alone
what is your reason
is it because you are too afraid to admit that you are wrong
that you are the reason for your own unhappiness

i will leave you alone
to wallow in your misery, doubt, and ignorance
your bad mood won't affect me one bit
i will let you deal with your pain on your own from now on

don't tell me to leave you alone
or take your anger or hurt out on me
just because i'm a convenient target
leaving you alone is so much easier than picking you up after you continue to fall flat on your face