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I Need a Friend

I need a friend right now
I need guidance
I need someone to show me how
How to just be.

I thought I was happy
I thought I liked me
I guess I am not the person
I thought I could be. 

I need a friend right now
someone to share my thoughts
someone to be my sounding board
someone who understands me
someone who realizes
I should not be ignored.

I know the truth that lies beneath the beauty and the smiles
I know the truth

But you see,
it is much easier to live a life of denial
You smile and grin,
laugh and pretend.

Oh, but still remains the dark behind the light
I know the truth.

One day the closet door will open
One day the make up will fade
and the world will know 
what I have known all along

You can't hide your pain
you can't store your fears
you can't bury your sorrows
you can't change what's done
you can't pretend your okay anymore
you can't be that person everyone wants you to be

The mask has been ripped from your face
and the world now knows
what I have known all along
you don't know how to live this life alone.
you are broken and scared
and fear that there
is no way for repair

The damage has been done
your life incomplete
you have been stripped
of all your strength and beat
you are left broken and scared
and no one is there.

You are alone 
and I have known this all along
I know the truth
I know I can't be alone

I need a friend right now.

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Kim Andreasen

Date: 10/31/2012 4:18:00 PM

Beautiful,... I need a friend too! In a room full of people sometimes I feel like I'm still all alone.

Deeana Valencia
Date: 10/31/2012 11:32:00 PM

Thanks for the compliment, this poem was written with tears. I'm glad I no longer feel this pain. Writing and believing in myself has truly healed me. However I can always use a friend!

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 10/30/2012 6:17:00 AM

A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Deeana. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. Hoping you find even more inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Thank you for sharing your writing with us. Love, Carol

Deeana Valencia
Date: 10/30/2012 1:49:00 PM

Thank you for the comment!

Elizabeth O'Driscoll

Date: 10/30/2012 5:04:00 AM

Sounds like you are talking about yourself, cheer up : ) love lizabeth

Deeana Valencia
Date: 10/30/2012 1:51:00 PM

I was, but this was written a while back and Ive found writting has healed my pain. Thanks for the comment!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/30/2012 3:44:00 AM

Welcome to P-Soup Deeana! Hope you'll have great pleasure to share your poems here with us. - You write very well - looking forward to more soon. - Have a nice day. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)

Deeana Valencia
Date: 10/30/2012 1:52:00 PM

Thanks for the nice welcome, I appreciate your kind words.