LET ME BE

let me be, let me be.
i will kill what i can't see.
how i need to be freed
from the blood on which i feed.
sad and sweet, dismal heat
stop this heart's desperate beat.
bring the rain, kill the vain,
numb me to this foolish pain.

let me be, let me be.
i don't need to be happy.
all i need is a lead,
which way went my dying breed?
when we meet, nervous feet
its myself that we will cheat.
life is plain, go insane,
there is far too much to gain.

let me be, let me be.
will i never be set free?

©Copyright 2003 Sheila Cook.