I Did My Best

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    I Did My Best

     I did my best
    But I guess my best
    Wasn’t good enough
    Trying to please
    Got too tough

     Being ripped apart
    For trying to
    Do it right
    No longer is it
    Worth the fight

     If people just
    Had more gratitude
    I might possibly
    Have never gotten this
    “Don’t care” attitude

     I got very little
    For trying to give
    Dealt a lot of misery
    For trying to care
    Makes me not want to share

     God is the one
    Who had me
    In their lives
    I tried my best
    I must confess

     I never could do enough
    I sacrificed more
    Than you could ever
    Possibly believe
    I now need some relief

     I realize now I
    Can never ever live
    Up to those expectations
    The hurt went way too deep
    Now I can’t rest or sleep

     I’ve never lived
    Up to anyone’s expectations
    I guess I should walk
    Away and through that door
    I just can’t take it
    ANYMORE

     Author: Rodney Timms
    February 17, 2012

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    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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