Tears
I sit here alone in my room
Crying…
Crying away the pain
The pain that I’ve had inside for years
Every day of my life
Someone says something and again
I feel like crying
For the past four years
There hasn’t been a week
That I hadn’t cried at least once
The pain that I’ve had all cooped up inside
Is out and here to stay
I’ve let all of this run past me all these years
Now it has caught up with me
Most of my family is the same way
One thing is that I don’t think
They could imagine the pain they are putting me through
Every comment that comes out of their mouth
I don’t think they know how much it effects me
And for my little brothers
To follow in their footsteps
This is the worst thing to imagine
Your little brother calling you
“FAT”
“UGLY”
“FATSO”
“COW”
Every time I think about this
I’m in tears..
Right now I feel like quitting
I feel like I should just stop trying
And that I’ll never succeed
But in my heart, I know that there’s a better solution
When I finally leave from here
My pain will go away
And hopefully be gone forever
Copyright © Chizoro Nwokeji | Year Posted 2005
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