"Stop!"
A child's broken scream.
"Stop!"
A teenager's broken dream.
"Stop!"
It's my broken scream, now.
"Stop!"
It's my all my broken dream of life.

"Leave me alone... please?"
A child's whimper to the dark.
"Leave me alone... please?"
A child's plea to those above.
"Leave me alone... please?"
It's my voice, now, cracked and bloody.
"Leave me alone... please?"
Now we see me pleading on my knees.

"I can't take much more."
A child's forceful words.
"I can't take much more."
Screaming to the unseen pain.
"I can't take much more."
I know I shall soon break.
"I can't take much more."
And I do naught but collapse.

::March 4, 2003 04:35 PM

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