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in need of a doctor

she held back her tears

as she told me the reason

she just could not hold me tonight

"i'm in need of a doctor

who does not ask questions

can you tell me a place to go?

and my body is trembling

from a night past remembering

and i don't want the family to know


"why does it happen it's my cross to bear?

i hear thru your silence -- you weren't even there

but i do need some help some how


"i know it's not unusual

it happens all the time

but it's so devastating

when the choice is mine..."


she refused to cry

as she ended the call

"i will find a way

to overcome it all..."


and never spoke of this again.






douglas brent smith


  

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