By RainbowChaser
Date: 2002 Nov 29
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Selfish

Selfish
the word that has caused me an inner struggle my whole life
it's like a curse that won't go away
am i really that bad

Why hasn't God caused me to see it
why has he hidden it from my view
does it make me a bad person
does it really keep me from being loved

at times, I am selfish, but not intentionally
I am an only child
I am a recluse
but it keeps me from getting hurt

explain selfishness to me
try to step inside my world
and define what my life is really like
controlled, disciplined, secluded

Selfishness keeps me from opening up to you
and once I have you find the need to escape
to hide from all of my burdens
and instead depend on others for what I've freely given

we both have been selfish with one another
we didn't appreciate each other as much as we should have
let's try again
and this time let's leave selfish out of our relationship vocabulary