I found this in the paper yesterday. The young lady who wrote it was murdered last year, and her family hopes that it will help other teens through hard times. Ms. Leonard wrote it about 7 years ago while in jail on drug charges.
I am crying, and I am screaming,
But no one hears me
I am wanting and I am seeking,
I am yearning
But no one feels me
I am laughing and I am playing
But I am hiding
Why will the pain never stop lasting?
And the time never stop passing
I am weak for happiness is what I seek,
I am strong for time will only let me be so long
I'll live in pain all the days long until I'm gone.
If a member of her family is reading this, I hope you don't mind that I posted it, and I'm sorry if I got the line breaks wrong. I just felt the need to share it.
By Patsy Leonard
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Icarus - Posts: 1477
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This is a good poem, but I was really hoping you had posted some more of your writing, Icarus. T__T
[size=84][color=seagreen]YOU SEE
You see into the deepest part of me ---
beyond the fog I hide behind.
You cast your light upon the shadows
that stretch like cobwebs in my mind.
You ease the pain when I am hurting,
and morbid visions from my past
pierce into the realm of Reason
as though I danced on blades of glass.
You grant me strength when I have fallen
and, once again, I've lost my way.
You take my hand in Yours and lead me
into the promise of a brand new day.
You bring order to all my chaos,
yet set my well-laid plans awry.
You place me on a firm foundation ---
then give me wings so I can fly.
You sand away my roughened edges
and polish all the dullest parts
until I stand before Your presence...
a newly-sculpted work of art.
You see into the heart within me,
right through my motives and selfish will.
And yet, in spite of all You see
You say You love me even still.
~by D.M.~
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true_noir_chloe - Posts: 3091
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That is sad. Thank you for sharing it.
When I feel blue, I start breathing again.
Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
It's cosplay, get used to it.
"A hero need not speak. For when he is gone, the world will speak for him."
"One of the nice things about diseases of the brain is they tend to slip your mind." Colbert
Asdvadz hedut ullah! (W. Armenian, "May God bless you!")
It's cosplay, get used to it.
"A hero need not speak. For when he is gone, the world will speak for him."
"One of the nice things about diseases of the brain is they tend to slip your mind." Colbert
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