I am

I am a single woman.
I wonder what it would be like to be dead.
I hear the daily blues each night.
I see homeless people on the street.
I want a lover.
I am a single woman.
I pretend to be strong.
I feel weak.
I touch few lives.
I worry that I will die alone and lonely.
I cry when I think of the pain I have caused my family-
I am a single woman.
I understand strife-
I say little.
I dream of a love that will never be.
I try nothing.
I hope to die in my sleep.
I am a single woman.

By luna 71157 from Fanstory
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I hear____
I see _____
I want ____
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I feel ____
I touch ____
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I cry ___-
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So...

I am Brindle.
I wonder if anything I think or do matters at all.
I hear the city around me.
I see little change.
I want to have faith.
I am Brindle.
I pretend that I understand.
I feel joy whenever I find some common ground with another person.
I touch my scars every night.
I worry that one day I'll stop caring.
I cry whenever I remember what I've seen-
I am Brindle.
I understand two languages but seem to be speaking a third-
I say little.
I dream of being released.
I try to keep focussed.
I hope to be of use.
I am Brindle.