This poem was written by a very close friend of mine. She was in a dark place at one point and wrote it...and it made some of us actually cry. She chose to stay anonymous.
And yes
it's OK to cry
Once in a
while
And yes
it's ok to drown in tears
When
there's nothing else to do
Yes the
word heartbreak
Means heartbreak
Can't be
easy for sure
It means u
know that person u thought u would continue ur life with
Remember
the person u felt safe with..
Remember
the person u trusted..
Forget
about that person
Because you
are not the best judge of character
It means
when dreams diverge
When
streets turn
When hopes
collapse
And when
memories burn
It means
that any step
U shudn't
have done
Has been
done
And cannot
be undone
It means
that every step
U thought
would happen
Will happen
And cannot
unhappen
It means
that every time u imagined
U imagined
wrong
Every time
u dreamed
U dreamed
wrong
It means
every time U loved
U loved
wrong
And that
every time u missed
U missed
wrong
Every time
u felt warm
It would
turn cold
And every
time u smiled
Results in
moments of tears
It means
every time u thought u knew it
U didn't
It means
every time u thought u planned ur life right
It wasn't
It means
that every word u said
Was
meaningless
Every thing
u owned
Was
temperoray
It means
that every feeling u had
was
meaningless
And that
every feeling u felt
Now Ate u
up inside
Means that
your past
Is in your
present
That
everytime someone said engagements are meant to be broken
Every time
someone said I met 50 guys before meeting my husband
Was true
It means
that everyone who said that 'that doesn't work'
Probably
knew what they r talking about
And that
people who said
Fairy tales
are just fairy tales
Knew what
they were talking about
You see I
have welcomed u
To a dark
side of this so mixed up world
A world
That I sometimes can't imagine leaving
Yet can't
imagine living in for so very long
You see..
A world is
not a map
Where u knw
where to turn right and left
Let's call
it a football match
A rugby
match
Where
players tackle u right and left
And u do
everything in ur powerr to try not to fall down
To run as
fast as ur legs can carry u
To stay balanced
Stay strong
Stronger
than everyone whose trying to pull u down
Then u
wish..
U wish u cud go back to the time
When life
was school
The four
walls surrounding us
Where that
was our safety zone
Outside was
not for us
Our joy,
happiness, wamrth, security, path were in those buildings
In those
classes..
Our lessons
were in those morning lines.
A life
where blue and green was the only way to go
Where a bag
was the only thing u needed
When u
could sleep when u wanted
And cry
when u were sad
When u
could laugh out loud
And ask any
question at any time to anyone
When u
could hug ur brother because he was just downstairs
When u
could take money from ur mum
Cause she
was just at the end of the hall
When u
could love unconditionally
And say it
And not get
hurt
When u
could have friends
Who would
be there no matter what
When u
could fight and make up
When u
could turn ur head upside down to fix ur hair
When u were
someone
In the
middle of a herd
Not Someone
In the middle of, everyone.
When being
smart was doing good on ur A levels
And exams
were just a way to go out
When
everyone was the same
And
everyone was special.
When hearts
did not get broken...
When hearts
did not get broken.
I love this poem...it is a transition into maturity. The poet moves
ReplyDeletefrom childhood to adulthood but it is not an easy journey. It is apoem full of strength and weakness,happiness and sadness- many contrasts work effectively to make the poem a personal statement. It is intense yet simple,passionate yet demure ,confused yet sure- a melange of feelings and emotions that beat against eachother as in a rugby match,in fact.