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trying to pick up on what you saying
without feeling like carrying the weight
of your burdens trying to read the
words of your encounters without
being emotionally touched by the pages
trying to vicariously live through
your dying wishes without being held
responsible for your death trying
to go through the forest with you
without getting lost in the jungle
trying to cope with your need to
get high without becoming addicted
to your lies trying to look through
your window without you feeling
violated trying to comfort you
without you exploiting the affection
trying to console you without
you prematurely jumping to conclusions
trying to freshen up your makeup
without distorting the outlook of you
trying to tell you something I never
told any one else before without
letting the secret out the bag
trying to walk in your puddles
without getting these feet wet
trying to attend to you without
losing needed attention to myself
trying to breathe life into you
without you taking breath from me
trying to show compassion without
being crushed for illustrating mercy
trying to do trying to don't trying to will trying to won't
