Monday, December 31, 2007

She Doesn't Know

(I wrote this a few years ago for a creative writing class when I was in my poetry phase. Let me know what you think)

She doesn't know right now.

She doesn't know right now
there will be a time
when she doesn't feel guilty for breathing.

She doesn't know right now
there will come a day
when she can smile without pain,
and the sun will shine brightly.
She doesn't know.

She doesn't know right now
it is okay to sleep in the dark alone.
She doesn't know
that her exhaustion will fade.
She doesn't know right now
what it is like not to be afraid.

She doesn't know how to pay her bills.
She doesn't know right now that's okay.
She doesn't know.

She knows that she is scared.
She knows that she is alone,
she's never been alone before.
She knows that dark clouds are hanging
over her once beautiful and clear horizon.
She knows the world is a cold and lonely place.

She knows that she was chosen to live.
That's what she knows.

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