I don’t know what to do.
All I do is hurt
All I do is hurt people
I don’t know what to do.
What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
I should not have ever spoken to others
......
If I died
Would you be there darling
To carry the burden of abandonment in your shoulders
I mean my corpse
Would you be there
So you could taste the long rainy nights
Through your tears
Tears of pain, maybe regret
If I died
Would you be there
......
The one who drives me crazy
Yet still makes me feel safe
Although I scream and snap at you
You still put up with me.
It's an honor to be your girlfriend
Anybody else would agree
You're so much greener than a flag
And your generosity never ends.
......
For a start, please stop to start
There are things you are not even aware of
While time is hemming away at your parents
You forgot terrible things come in threes?
As time furtively alters the rhythm of your life
Yet you naïvely joke at the greying of others
Little did you know that not even yours is spared
In the painful existence of these unknown days
......
The Effects of Memory
by Michael R. Burch
A black ringlet curls to lie
at the nape of her neck,
glistening with sweat
in the evaporate moonlight ...
This is what I remember
now that I cannot forget.
......
Het kwam later,
toen de stilte
te luid werd.
Woorden
die ik had kunnen zeggen
bleven hangen
achter gesloten lippen.
Wat voorbij is,
......
It came later,
when the silence
grew too loud.
Words,
I could have said
stayed behind
closed lips.
What is gone
......
Sie kam Später,
als das Schweigen
zu laut wurde.
Worte,
die ich hätte sagen können,
blieben
hinter verschlossenen Lippen.
Was vorbei ist,
......
Dit het eers gekom
toe die stilte
te hard geword het.
Woorde
wat ek kon sê,
het agter geslote lippe gebly.
Wat verby is,
asem nog
......
I don’t know what to do.
All I do is hurt
All I do is hurt people
I don’t know what to do.
What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
I should not have ever spoken to others
......