Poetry submitted by taryn on Thursday, February 05, 2004 at 11:28AM :

Heaven bent to take my hand and lead through the fire.
Be the long awaited answer to a long and painful fight.
Truth be told I've tried my best,but somewhere along the way.
I got caught up in all there was to offer.
And the cost was so much more than I could bear.

Though I've tried, fallen, I have sunk so low.
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.

We all begin with good intents when love was raw and young.
We believe that we could change ourselves, the past can be undone.
Though we carry on our back the burden time always reveals.
In the lonely light of morning, in the wound that would not heal.
It's the bitter taste of losing everything that I held so dear.

I've fallen. I have sunk so low.
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.

Heaven bent to take my hand, I've nowhere left to turn.
I'm lost to those I thought were friends, to everyone I know.
Oh they turn their heads embarrassed, pretend that they don't see.
That it's one misstep, one slip before you know it.
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed.

Though I've tried, fallen, I have sunk so low.
I messed up, better I should know.
So don't come around here and tell me I told you so.

Dedicated to my hero, my dad.
I love you and miss you and I know you would've loved this song because it explains so well how you were feeling.