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The truth inside

December 16, 2009
By truelove GOLD, Mansfield, Ohio
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I tried to scream,
I tried to call,
But no one enters through these walls,
I tried to run,
I tried to hide,
But no one finds the truth inside,
so now I watch th clock instead,
Five more minutes till I'm dead,
I'm sitting in a cubby hole,
Big enough for me, and me alone,
The doctors say it wont be long,
Even though I pray there wrong,
My heart beats slow,
I'm loosing my breath,
I can't tell time,
But I know what's left,
I tried to run,
I tried to hide,
But no one finds the truth inside,
I tried to scream,
I tried to fight,
But I can't control what's wrong and right,
This life was not how I thought it would be,
I thought there was room for little old me,
But I've lived five whole years
And I know I shouldn't cry any tears.

© Sarah R., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
I had a flash back of when I went to this little boy's funeral who was only four or five years old.
and it made me wonder how he felt to know that he wouldn't live very long.
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on Jan. 14 2010 at 2:48 pm
AbbotRabbit GOLD, Abolana, District Of Columbia
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This poem has great flow and insight.<br /> I really enjoyed it.<br /> Lovely poem darling =]<br /> -Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-<br /> XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx

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This poem has great flow and insight.

I really enjoyed it.

Lovely poem darling =]

-Please check out the works that I have posted on here it would be highly appreciated and I think you would greatly enjoy them, Thankk youz-

XxIll tell you Im an orphan after you meet myy familyXx