By Patsy Leonard
PostPosted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:51 am
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.
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.