I Don'T Know Poem by Sophia White

The sky is low and thick with clouds of despair
And I – I wait. For what? I don’t know.
The world is wet and damp with rains of tears.
And I – I hope. For what? I don’t know.
I don’t know.
I wait. I hope.
I don’t know why I bother trying to cope.
Screams shatter dreams
Hopes are withered in storms of doubt.
And look – there is no way out.
The moon is hard and cruel with senseless hate.
And I – I dream. For what? I don’t know.
The lovely painting that was once my life
Runs and blurs and streams with tears
And still I try to see what once was there.
Why? I don’t know. I wish I did.
But the beauty’s been so cleverly hid.
I fear – I dare not believe it –
But I fear it has been lost forever.
The ties of yesterday are severed
And all the wrong knots have come undone.
How is it that the dark has won?
I don’t know.
I wish with heart and soul and mind I did but -
I don’t know.