By Dana Brammer
I look into your eyes trying to see myself there
I take your hand hoping to feel where you are
In this place we stand strangely apart
What has happened to take you so far
Away from the place we used to be
I am still intoxicated, still high when I�m with you
You are in every part of my body and soul
Yet the beast inside you keeps you from being true
I will not try to stop you from leaving
Run until you find where you need to be
I lay down next to your ghost, you�ve already gone
And it�s sad that it will be too late when you finally see
What you had when I held your hand in mine
You will realize the best part inside you was me
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"Father"
By Dana Brammer
Oh father, why did you have to be so cruel
Why could you never love me
Like a father should
Oh father, did you ever hear my tears
In the back of your jaded mind
Did you make sure you never would?
Oh father, when I looked into the mirror
I saw you looking back at me
Through eyes the color of green
Oh father, why did you want to leave me
Why was I not your princess
I was your child, your blood
Oh father, you threw me to the sharks
Let them devour my innocence
They destroyed the child within
Oh father, where were you when I screamed at night
Where were you when I tried to die
Anything to end the pain
Oh father, now that you�re cold within your grave
And you know you haven�t a soul to save
Do your tears fall down on me like rain?