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On My Own

November 2, 2010
By redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
47 articles 20 photos 411 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I can do anything!"


You've left me alone

and I'm nearing a state of panic

There's a mountain before me

and I'm feeling the strain and the havoc


You didn't realize

that I'm paralyzed

at the thought of making it on my own



I don't think I can do it alone


Each step that I'm taking

I feel like I'm breaking


down to the ground

And I need you beside me

but you're so far, so far, too far


to hear me calling

and I don't know if you'd come if you did

And you're not

so I've got

to go on my own

all alone


And I'm scared of leaving

I don't like this lying

My heart is broken

I don't know why I'm trying

but I've got to go on my own

and I've got to on alone


A cliff to one side

A sheer wall that is wide

Rocky terrain

Lightning and rain

And though my hopes are fading fast

I hope they can last

until I reach the top

'cause if they don't

then I'll drop

to the bottom

never to rise again


The choices I'm choosing

make me feel like I'm losing


I'm going 'round and 'round

And I want you beside me

but you're so far, so far, too far


to hear me calling

And I don't know if you'd come if you did

But you're not

so I've got

to go on my own

all alone


all alone

all alone


And I'm scared of leaving

I don't like lying

My heart is broken

I don't know why I'm even trying

but I've got to go on my own

and I've got to on alone


On my own


The author's comments:
This song is dedicated to someone I love who is having a tough time mentally. I tried to write this song from my friend's point of view.

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on Jul. 23 2011 at 6:54 pm
Hazel-daisy GOLD, --, Other
19 articles 0 photos 324 comments

Favorite Quote:
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else - Erna Bombeck

In three words i can sum up everything I've learned in life: it goes on -Robert Frost

Live, Love, Laugh - ______

Hope, Love, breathe <3 - Me

the emotions in this fill the entire poem, i really like it and i can relate...a lot...great job :)

on Jul. 10 2011 at 11:15 pm
redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
47 articles 20 photos 411 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I can do anything!"

New work of mine just got posted. Please check it out it! Thanks!

 


on Nov. 20 2010 at 3:31 pm
Just.A.Dream SILVER, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
7 articles 0 photos 430 comments

Favorite Quote:
Part of the J7X team. :)

Great job with this song! It's filled with emotion, and I can DEFINITELY relate to it!

 


Tin Man said...
on Nov. 20 2010 at 1:34 pm
It's wonderful and hopefully people experiencing the pain of being alone will have love ones there to support them.

on Nov. 16 2010 at 6:32 pm
redhairCat PLATINUM, Pebble Beach, California
47 articles 20 photos 411 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I can do anything!"

Thanks! I really love feedback on my work - it lets me know if I'm on the right path. Would you mind taking a look at some of my other songs, please? And let me know when you contribute something to Teen Ink. I'd like to check out your work, too!

on Nov. 15 2010 at 7:43 pm
JoeysGirl BRONZE, Loveland, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
That amazing! Its so true it feels like in life were so alone...