Dying For Love

by Karen Ritzic - Gemini

THE LOOK OF AN EYE, THE TOUCH OF A HAND
THE FEELING THAT ANYONE WHO'S BEEN LOVED UNDERSTANDS
KNOWING  YOU WONT HAVE TO BE ALONE TONIGHT
AND THAT JUST BEING HELD MAKES LIFE FEEL SO RIGHT

IT FEELS JUST LIKE THEY SING IN THE SONGS
JUST WANTING TO BE WANTED  ISN'T DOING ANYTHING WRONG
HE TAKES YOUR HAND AND WALKS YOU  OUT THE DOOR
IN FRONT OF EVERYONE ---YOU NEED NOTHING MORE

YOUR FEELING SO GOOD BECAUSE  NOW PEOPLE KNOW
SOMEONE THINKS YOUR SPECIAL----HE JUST SHOWED THEM SO
QUICKLY HE TAKES YOU  OUT BEHIND THE BAR
HE NEEDS YOU SO BADLY  IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR

SOON ITS ALL OVER AND YOU CANT WAIT TO GO BACK IN
SO EVERYONE CAN WATCH HIM HOLD YOU AGAIN
BUT WAIT,   WHERES HE GOING ?  HE JUST WALKED AWAY
OH GOD , DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN  TO ME AGAIN TODAY

MY HEART FEELS LIKE ITS BREAKING BUT I CANT LET THEM SEE
THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO  BE LAUGHING AT ME
WHY CANT SOMEONE LIKE ME FOR WHO I AM INSIDE
I THINK EVERYTIME I'VE BEEN HELD A PART OF ME DIED

BUT I'LL WALK OUT THIS DOOR WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH
I'LL BE DAMNED IF THEY'LL EVER KNOW THAT I CRY
AND TOMORROW I'LL  HOLD MY BREATH AND WALK THRU THIS DOOR
AS I TRY TO FIND SOMEONE TO HOLD ME ONCE MORE

ITS MANY MONTHS LATER BUT EVERYDAY THE SAME
BUT NOW IN MY HEART I CARRY HEARTACHE AND SHAME
I THOUGHT THEY ALL LOVED ME BUT THEY JUST WANTED LAID
 AND NOW I'M ALONE , SICK AND AFRAID

I REMEMBER THE YOUNG GIRL THAT WAS DESPERATE FOR A TOUCH
AND THE  HOPE IN HER HEART FOR LOVE NEEDED SO MUCH
ITS TOO LATE FOR ME, I CANT BELIEVE ANYMORE
LIFE IS TOO LONELY FOR THE TOWNS WHORE

I THINK I'LL CLOSE MY EYES AND GIVE GOD A TRY
IF I WANT TO FIND LOVE, I THINK I MUST DIE.	  

Reason for writing:

    I was watching an ad on drug abuse    

Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2000-03-31 18:34:23
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:59
Poem ID: 55337

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