bleed ... 1nov2003

my dear, I hear you cry, I know the reason why
from all your chains I have been freed
but i still bleed

I do not feel ashamed, and now you've lost my name
I could not give you what you need
still i bleed

true love has caused this pain, it was not all in vain
to my broken heart you hold the deed
while i bleed

so down this road i go, some things i'll never know
the pain is ink, the writer's creed,
and i bleed

before i'm old or proud, i'll lay beneath a shroud
who knows what grows from just one seed?
so i bleed

stephenhsmith 1nov2003