The Other Place

11 Feb 2017

·Moonwind

This place has been my home but soon I must leave There is another place I must go but I don't want to I am safe and warm here in my environment this is the only world I know I know nothing of cold, but soon I will feel it I know nothing of hate, but eventually I will learn of it and I wonder, will I be loved in this other place or will I be forgotten I have no control over what is happening to me it is my fate and it is not fair! I am forced to leave where I have grown where I have been nourished I had everything I needed here to sustain my life but once I leave I know that death will be inevitable And now the end has begun! I can feel myself being pushed, I am helpless My eyes are closed tightly, but there is a light diminishing my peaceful darkness I can hear strange voices Closer and closer this light becomes Oh why must I leave! I'm screaming! I'm crying! My eyes are opened! I AM BORN

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Moonwind

Moonwind

I'm one of seven siblings and as a child grew up in a tough neighborhood where things were always rough. I started writing my thoughts and how I felt about life at a early age sometimes as a way to escape. I learned very early that if you wanted...

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