Please hear
What I want to say, and fear
Please see
What I hide inside of me
Please touch
What hurts me so damn much
Please taste
What is running down my face
Please smell
What I do –
Fire, Brimstone, Hell.
I wish I could take you
Deep inside my mind
Point out all the cracks and flaws
The scars I cannot leave behind
I can’t say that I’m sorry
I’m sorry, but I can’t
I must think of myself now
My own freedom I grant
I wish you could have known me
I so wanted to know you
But I know I’m too broken
You can’t bear that too.
So I’ll pack the pieces I’ve let break
It’s a lonely road I must take
For love right now just can’t be.
I’m too much for you, you’re too much for me.
February 13th, 2014 at 8:38 PM
Nice!
I like it!
April 26th, 2014 at 10:25 PM
So sad…I especially like the first stanza: “Please hear…Please see…Please touch…” brings the poem to life, so to speak, by using all 5 senses. The repetition also emphasizes the protagonist’s suffering.
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