Away Poem by Samantha Stough

How could you have forgotten me again so quickly?
You could have said goodbye.
I knew you had not the patience,
But, for me, I was hoping you would try.

I block you out as much as I can,
But my whole body punishes me,
I wish I could hate you, better yet forget you,
But this fixation is a lock without a key.

Slowly my body grows limp for exhaustion,
But even as dawn approaches, I am still awake.
I feel like my bones are shaking.
I sense each one moan, groan, bend and break.

No one may never know how cursed I truly am.
I relentlessly scribble my sorrows onto page after page.
There's a war behind my mask,
And deep down, I constantly switch between agony and rage.

You hurt me, to say the least, and deserted me,
But I still laugh every single day.
So joyous to everyone around me,
No one can see me waste away.