Would Anybody Know? Poem by Lubna Hazeem

Life has given me a choice
Life's a question I'd avoid
But if i were to choose the hardest way
Or if i were to choose the easiest escape
Would anybody know, would anybody know?

Life's made of separate roads
Life's haunted by our shadows
And if i were to bury myself and stay
Or if i were to leave this merciless place
Would anybody know, would anybody know?

Because i feel so alone, i feel so alone
Whatever fate i may seek is one that I'd loath
Because then I'd be on my own, I'd be on my own
Tell me, would anybody know, would anybody know?

Judges point their fingers at me
Justice imprisons my criminality
Is anyone listening, is anyone listening?
Oh, does anybody know, does anybody know?

I can't hear anything, nobody's listening
Everybody's laughing now, everybody's laughing
They call themselves friends, we call them friends
But see, they're the ones who'd judge us in the end
And no one would know, no one would know, no one would know