A Survivor's Poetry of the Soul





Hidden Pain



When you look at me what do you see?
Do you see someone who is young?
Someone who is happy? Carefree?
If that is what you see, look again
because that is not the real me

Look past the smile and into my eyes
It is true what they say, eyes do not lie

For they are the windows to my spirit and soul
It is there you will find the secrets untold

The pain of my past
The uncertainty of my future...

This is the real me
The "me" I don't let others see
Because to show this would make me weak

All my life I've tried to be strong
For 19 years I've tried to hold on

But now my soul is getting tired
and my spirit is dying
It is getting harder and harder to keep trying

Giving up seems so easy
Just letting life go...all the bad memories

But deep down inside
I know there must be a better way for me
I know I will have to keep fighting if I ever want to be free

So fight I will for that invisible goal
I know it will be hard
I need not be told

Just pray for me that in this battle I will stand tall
And please stand by me, help me not to fall

If I should lose this fight
then it just was not meant to be

Please don't be sad...don't cry for me
for whether I am here or not...I won't be in such misery.

~Panther~


Here are more poems to nurture your soul

The Healing Tunnel

Child Within

Invisible

Angering Tears

Cat's Keeper

At Night

He Doesnot Care

Someone

Monster's Shame

The Tightrope

Angel's Anger

Taking Flight

Soul's Cry

Daddy

Star Wish

Our Secret

To Be Free

Road to Recovery

Inner Child

My Prison

Letter to My Teachers

Disease of the Mind

Like a Thief

Hidden Pain

Blind Eye

Don't Fall

Doom

Silence

The Reaper

Into my Soul

When the Time Comes

Christmas

In Need Of

The Form

Did You Know?

The Face

The Reminders

Am I a Rape Survivor??

I am The Survivor

The Pheonix

Lessons

Black and Blue

I'm Just a little Girl

Is it ok for me to Tell

Nature's Healing

Prisoner

Butterfly

Why?

My Life

Anger

Nightmares


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