Shilesha Johnson Poems

I feel like I have no place
And track was the only time
I didn’t feel that way
I felt like I belonged
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Sometimes I wish God would take me away
That way I could no longer feel the pain
No one would notice
I’m never the center or even the end
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How can I be your everything?
When you treat me like I’m nothing
And you’re still with me
So it has to be for something
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I believe in you so please don’t let me down
It hurts so much to think of you
Possibly not being around
It truly cuts deep
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I feel like more like your mother then I do your wife
Because I have to continuously nag you
To put me first sometimes
Continuously nag you
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I just say yeah okay
And agree to just about everything you say
I’m not going to argue
And I’m not going to fight
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Instead of telling me to leave you so that I don’t feel the pain again
Why not try to bring whatever’s causing the pain to an end
Why not keep whatever’s damaging us away
But instead of removing yourself from the problem
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I’ve given it some thought
And if I walk away from this with something
It’ll be a lesson well taught
A lesson I thought I already learned
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My heart has been tortured
It has been tormented
What did it ever do to you
For you to dent it
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I'll call you babe
I'll call you baby
But one last time
I'll hold you close
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