Hear Me pt1

Born into this world –
with a cord around my neck.
Wrapped around 3 times –
my cord of life brought me near death.

Funny now to think –
I’d live my life with the same battles.
Foreshadowing my future –
(fighting) with demons in the shadows.

Fighting for my life alone –
seems no one hears my screams.
The things I love so much –
most of them cause danger to me.

My lovers over time –
in their own ways felt right to me.
Just to find that each of them –
would just cause me to bleed.

Not bloodshed in some valiant way –
no, bloodshed of the weak.
Beaten, battered, broken, –
it still haunts me in my sleep.

Pushed to brutal limits –
beaten like an injured dog.
And when I finally snapped –
see, only I was in the wrong.

Friends are just the same –
whenever presented with conflict.
Nobody wants to listen –
unless there’s favorable verdicts.

Throw away the whole relationship –
For sakes of being right.
Nobody really cares –
they’ll leave me here, far out of sight.

Family is truly fleeting –
they just seem to come and go.
Even those you’re close to –
(turn) into people you don’t know.

See, I have no true safe place –
nor a happy place nor peace.
I’m plagued by suicidal thoughts –
for my mind is diseased.

Why should I want to be here –
with no purpose, with no home?
The absence of my children –
is the worst pain that I’ve known.

“Stay alive for them!” –
so many foolish people say.
But I cannot fulfill their dreams –
(they’ll hold) false hope should I stay.


see pt 2
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Agustin Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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