Recycled Pain

(c)2000 Wynn Free

Yes, I've got this hurt inside

I tried to lay on you.

Spoke the same old words of love

But the feelings weren't true.

And though you made me feel good

For a little while,

That hurt came back again

Just another case of recycled pain.

Yes I had been blaming you

For those feelings that I had.

Yes I had been naming you

Responsible for all the bad.

Shifting responsibility

Temporarily easing my shame.

Just another case of recycled pain.

God give me the wisdom

To know just what is mine,

In this world of changing faces

Changing feelings, changing minds.

And when I say I love you

I mean to give sunshine, not rain,

Or another case of recycled pain.

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taking responsibility

learning discernment

forgiving