Unhappy
How have I become this person, this person I now hate so much?
The person who once had many good qualities, now all I have is disgust!
It's not as if i'm hard done by, infact life's handed to me on a plate,
still I wallow about in self pity, confusion and debate.
When I think about what I have, I shouldn't need to want for more,
great family and friends I can rely on and that i'm 100% sure.
A man who loves me dearly, he devotes his life to me,
a charming and loving son, all a mother could want her child to be.
Then I think of those in poverty with not even a crumb to spare,
no one to love and protect them, no one there to even care.
I then begin to despise myself, how ungrateful must I be?
I have so much a lot would yearn for, yet I still feel so unhappy!
Most of the things I am down about, I have actually brought on myself,
so it's time I understood this and appreciate the life I've been dealt.
I've been toying with so many emotions treating life like it's a game,
yet I still continue to do things, that put me to so much shame.
So how can I expect to be respected? When I don't even respect myself?
My hope is to now read back through this and the answers should speak for themselves.
Copyright © Odette Milne | Year Posted 2009
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