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I have rewritten this poem for years and can't get it right. Help! |
| Now I lay me down to die A sweet seducing lullaby Echoes softly in my ear The song I waited long to hear Your words, they were the expert key That caught and gently lifted me To some heaven, you were there Waiting for me with the spell of your stare I took you in my blood and heart And danced around your poisoned dart That you explained protected me Might some man, jealous, come for me? And now, years later, now I know You were building a prison so I could not go You only wanted a beautiful slave So you could show everyone the man that you crave To be, but you're nothing but what I hate So I fashioned a weapon from my undeserved fate Now I need only to play my role, I may touch your body but never your soul You'll never know if I even cried When I give to you my suicide I pray for death my soul to keep For death is free and peaceful sleep But if I wake, if I fail to die I'll wait for you with a lullaby... |