By Ali
Date: 11 January 2001
As I Should
Wandering in
This half-forgotten valley
A place where only fools
End up
Gracefully grinning
And playing a part
I've been cast
As myself...
Or am I someone else?
I'm out of character
They say...
They tell me
I've changed...
I'm not acting
As I they think
I would
Or perhaps
As I should
Drowning sorrows
All but forgotten
In this river
Of the past
But, remember to smile
And put on airs...
What I feel shouldn't matter
Or so they think
But what do they know
Anyway?
Those pretty little sheep
So high up
I wonder if they are afraid
Afraid to fall
From horse so high...
Sun up
Sun down
And the time
In between
If one more person
Tells me
To play by the rules
I swear
I swear
I'll scream...
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