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When I Don't Know

September 14, 2012
By SapphireLamour DIAMOND, Omaha, Nebraska
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How can I go home when I don’t know where that is?
Should I run even when I don’t know where to run to?
How can I save the world when I don’t know how to save myself?
How am I supposed to fall in love when I don’t know what that is?
Can I see when I don’t know anything but darkness?
How can I be myself when I don’t know who that is?
Would you have me find the way when I don’t know where?
Am I supposed to be normal when I don’t know what normal is?
I can’t tell you these things when I don’t know how to start.
So please try to help when I don’t know.

© Joseph S., San Anselmo, CA

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