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High, Low

Sammi Strasser

Published by Sammi Strasser at Smashwords.

Copyright 2011 Sammi Strasser

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High, Low


Have you ever once felt

That the world was

Pitted against you?


Have you knelt

Down, and cried

your heart out?


Have you ever dropped

So low

That you feel you can never get up again?


Have you ever propped

One hand on your head

And smiled?


Did you know

That the world loved you

And never wanted you to be sad?


Did you ever go

And sing just to sing

Because you knew that you were treasured?


Did you ever feel any emotions between?

Some sadness, some happiness

Maybe some neutrality?


Well, I haven't

Not once have I ever felt

Neutral, or anything other

Than soaring happiness

And crushing depression.


My world is built

Upon half a golden throne

And half the sludge of hell.


There is no gray,

No none at all,

Not for me,

And all of my

Highs

And lows.


Is this normal?

Is it real?

Am I fixable?

Or trapped

And concealed?


My life was average,

It was all okay,

I was loved and hated,

I had friends and enemies,

And I felt happy.


Don't ask me when it all started,

I wouldn't know,

But all I can tell you,

Is that something changed.


I was noticing things,

Not much really,

Just that I was happy all the time.


That's not bad,

Right?


That's when things changed again.


Someone said something,

To my face

Or behind my back,


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