I Write

by jusylee72

I write
So I can feel

I write
So I can run

I write
To understand the world

I write
To understand my soul

Long ago I separated
From my thoughts

I tried to protect
and pretend

let no one in

Some thoughts were too painful
Some were childish
Some were seeking
Some were comforting
Some traumatic
Some overly dramatic

Most
lived in silence
Before I wrote them

For my own ears to hear

Thoughts that echoed
in my head
on pen and paper
grew

Exposing who I really am
and what I can become

I had to relive history
and face the one I was

The pen has life
and I have memories
Far too sad for life itself

For Forgiveness
comes not easy
to the lost and lonely child

Reaching for a ray of sunshine
Running toward her hidden smile

Free Verse Poetry Contest contest entry

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