I Just Want To Leave This Place Poem by Keith Anastase KAMOSSO

The civic where everyone knows everyone
The town where secrets are laid on the playground
Small town where words are louder than actions
I just want to leave this place

Standing at the bus stop with one thought
Leave the town before they turn me into a book
The door opening moment takes longer than usual
I just want to leave this place

Take the ticket and let me in
I left nothing behind so let me on
Why do you look me in the eyes like you want to talk too?
I just want to leave this place

A million eyes on me behind where I am sitting
Bus drivers don't look in front anymore while driving?
What everyone wants me to utter?
I just want to leave this place

It's just this town not this world I am leaving
Just this moment not forever I will be gone
Just me not the whole populace leaving
I need a change and it's not here
I just want to leave this place

They say no place like home but
Why this home feels down-and-out?
With what you based on naming it home?
Because I'm sick of its torture and heaviness
I just want to leave this place

Today is the day I tell you "Let me go don't stop me"
Let me disappear life is far and wide
Love is a lie at this juncture and truth is gone
One day you will all understand why I did what I did
I just want to leave this place