Still Within the Same Old Walls

Still Within the Same Old Walls

A Poem by Sweet & Tender Hooligan
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Greatly inspired by James Dean, The Smiths and my childhood. Written December 2009. Image: Edward Hopper.

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The further you go, the road is unlit
Please show me how to forget,
Please show me the way forward.
There's a side of me that looks away and doesn't show.

The tree becomes bare again after every dream leaves
It hurts me to treat you this way,
It pains me to see you hurt like I was.
Emptiness fades and reappears
Creating, breaking and rebuilding walls around ourselves.
Words hide what you really want to express,
Awake beneath tired walls in another land.
The walls around our souls
Never feel like home,
Never felt at home
Walls around my self keep the world out.

People wonder how can I still be in the same old house?
I stay awake all night and dream all day, and I sometimes breathe too
Yet I wonder to myself how can I leave these walls behind?

Echoes of lonely childhood days
Show you how not to be yourself,
Please show me how to accept myself.
Silent tears drowning in time blur the way forward, 
All day long I dream and sometimes I live.
Please show me the way forward
I hope it works out your way,
I don't deserve love.
Loved ones come and go,
It's always the way.

© 2010 Sweet & Tender Hooligan


Author's Note

Sweet & Tender Hooligan
Does this poem flow consistently and does the wording or repetition interrupt the flow or the understanding of the poem?

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Thanks Kristy you're very kind
and I'm glad you like my writing and my style. :D

Posted 13 Years Ago


I seriously love your writing style. Its great...

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Added on April 29, 2010
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Tags: true love, love, truth, dreams, childhood, james dean, the smiths, morrissey

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Sweet & Tender Hooligan
Sweet & Tender Hooligan

Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom



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I'm Russell from Wales. I've been writing for many years. Writing is important to me and its my only reason for being on this site. I like to take my time on my poems and I hope to keep learning an.. more..

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