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I'm Doing Life
by Shelly D


I don't do happy,
I don't do laughter,
I'm not easy going or relaxed,
I'm not careful or carefree,
I don't go with the flow I'm not laid back,
I'm doing life.

Events have overtaken me and
Hold fast long after the p a i n has subsided.
Hasty decisions haunt me now and forever more,
Like the little black cloud that has followed me ever since I was born.
Angry and threatening every waking morn it reminds me.
I'm doing life.
Trapped even more than I was before,
Stuck in a prison of my own making,
"You've really done it this time!"
"Don't tell me that I know."
I thought it was just a rehearsal I did it all for show.
It was supposed to be the end,
A grand finale if you please
But it wasn't and it's not
Now they all want an encore
How do I top that?

Should I lay my life bare?
Does anyone really..Is it wrong to stop mid sentence?
I'm doing life,
Don't you get it?
I'm doing life.


Copyright © Shelly D. 2003

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