Remembering

She lays her head down and this pain
hits her hard....
She can not take the pain any longer so
she starts to yell out but no one can hear
her yells because it's all in her head.

Dear mother, 
I'm sorry, I wasn't good enough for
you to love.

Dear father, 
Forgive me cause in your eyes, 
It just seem like I never added up to 
what you wanted in a daughter.
In my heart I know I failed you
so you left me here alone to face
this world without you....


Dear brothers,
Don't hate me for being the cold & soulless
sister I was during all the gang fights. For we all know
it was beyond anyone's control.  

Dear sister, 
Don't blame me for not knowing you.
I only did what I thought was truly right
And that was kicking ass first and asking
questions last. 

It's a long and lonely road and she knows 
she is walking it alone. 
If she could hold back the rain
Would it numb all her pain
'Cause she is starting to remember everything.
If she could forget would she even have any regrets

She feels like running away but she is so far lost in
the darkness that she can't fine her way out. 
She knows that she can never change the past
That it's all burned into the ground.
If she could start all over again would that change 
how her story would end......
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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May 22, 2019 at 10:08 AM
This poem is a poem I wrote when I was fighting with my own identity. Raised by my father and brothers and abandoned by my mother at birth. I was born into a gang life and for the longest that is all I knew. So my writings are not like most people they are unique in their own ways. -Serenity
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