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Ring Master

I’m just another clown

By Colleen Millsteed Published 5 years ago 1 min read
Ring Master
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If I admitted that I loved you

Would this come as a surprise,

I can feel it in my heart now

You can see it in my eyes.

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I tried to keep telling myself

It’s nothing more than a crush

But I’ve felt this for some time

And it’s never hurt this much.

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But you are like a wild animal

With your need to be free,

I need to be cautious here

Or you’ll scare easily and flee.

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I don’t want to cage you

Like a animal circus act,

I want you to admit freely

It’s me you want to attract.

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I won’t remove your freedom

Or make you feel tied down,

You’re the head Ring Master

And I’m just another clown.

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About the Creator

Colleen Millsteed

My first love is poetry — it’s like a desperate need to write, to free up space in my mind, to escape the constant noise in my head. Most of the time the poems write themselves — I’m just the conduit holding the metaphorical pen.

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