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I am

I am trying to stay alive 
I wonder if I can escape from it 
I hear bells ringing and tingling
I see bars and chains around my hands 
I want to free myself from my mistakes 
I am trying to stay alive 

I pretend to accept my fate 
I feel cold and empty 
I touch the cold metal bars in between my fingers 
I worry that my escape won't be sudden 
I cry until my mistakes wash my tears away 
I am trying to stay alive 

I understand that I might perish 
I say everyday I am going to make it through 
I dream my mistakes will go away 
I try to forget the bars and chains that make me suffer 
I hope my mistakes don't resemble misery and pain 
I am trying to stay alive

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  1. Date: 12/7/2012 11:26:00 AM

    Thank you for sharing this. I think I may have been where you were and I appreciate seeing this. I couldn't write no matter how I tried there.

  1. Date: 12/2/2012 7:42:00 PM

    Adrienne ,,, congratulations with your poem featured on the soup home page... love it~ LINDA

    Theuret Avatar Adrienne Theuret Date: 12/17/2012 1:10:00 AM Block poet from commenting on your poetry

    thank you!