Turnaway


from the ABC set Nearside's Poetry

There's only so much
A guy can take
Before he turns away
Only so much help he can offer
Only so much he can watch you suffer
Before he turns away
And he knows that you hurt
He knows your pain and the wounds
That wind so deep within you
He's a problem-solver
Offering unasked-for solutions
You don't want him to save you
You're not after solutions
Just understanding
But he can't understand
Why you stand still
Within a hell that you could just
Walk away from
There's only so much of your agonizing
Only so much of your suffering
Only so much of your needy demands
Only so much of your blind and deaf role-play
Only so much of you I can take
Before I turn away

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