{"id":408,"date":"2003-03-20T04:45:49","date_gmt":"2003-03-20T09:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=408"},"modified":"2003-03-20T04:45:49","modified_gmt":"2003-03-20T09:45:49","slug":"tear-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burgwinkel.com\/blog\/?p=408","title":{"rendered":"tear drops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do I always convince myself that the world is not as bad as it seems–and then it proves it is.  Why do I hope, over and over again, that brutality and hatred will subside, and that peace will find a home in my lifetime?  Why don’t I just give up?  It’s so simple to do.  And it hurts so much to keep trying to rebuild my tissue paper dreams under all these tear drops.  <\/p>\n

You can see the summit but you can’t reach it<\/p>\n

It’s the last piece of the puzzle but you just can’t make it fit <\/p>\n

Doctor says you’re cured but you still feel the pain<\/p>\n

Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain…<\/p>\n

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Why don’t I just give up? 
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Why ever did I think it could be different?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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