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Your friend in poetry, Susan
FEATURED POEM
Life, what is life?
I don't think I deserve but
now I'm just preserved in pain.
Mine, who is mine?
I had only few but now they all flew away
I wish I could tell someone,
that you are the only one,
I want to be with you always together.
Disclosing my lonely side.
Cause I am the only child.
I wish you could hold me now and forever.
These are few ashes of my life.
I still try to hide like I always cry alone.
These are few ashes of my life.
I want to heal but I just don't feel like home.
But sometimes I think
there's someone far away.
Hearing my voice and
telling that he's on his way.
You're my last hope and I'm
waiting for you all day.
Please don't stay, just take me away.
I know you'll not be perfect
Just be my secret.
Go, where should I go?
I can't find a place that I
can still face anymore.
Me, You still judge me.
This is who I am and I
know that I can't afford.
I wish I could be happy
Like everyone when I see.
I don't know but it feels like hell.
Now I don't even feel the breeze.
I'm alone but there's no peace.
Nobody likes me for being myself
These are few ashes of my life.
I still try to hide like I always cry alone.
These are few ashes of my life.
I want to heal but I just don't feel like home.
But sometimes I think
there's someone far away.
Hearing my voice and
telling that he's on his way.
You're my last hope and I'm
waiting for you all day.
Please don't stay, just take me away.
I know you'll not be perfect
Just be my secret.