I Am More Than What You See
Dark Skin
Thick Lips
Kinky Hair
...
Why should I rearrange my life?
To mirror your image of a wife
If I had known you were not satisfied with the way I cooked
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Betrayal
Betrayal
Suffering Deep Within
The Pain Absorbed Inside My Skin
The Scars Not Visible To Those Around Me
They Lie Festering In My Mind Destroying My Thoughts
Not Allowing Me To Flee
I Scream From The Agony
The Shame Is To Much To Bare
But Still I Cannot Verbalize My Tragedy
My Ears Will Not Allow Me To Hear My Own Story Told
The Memories Still So Painful
It Chills My Body And Makes My Blood Run Cold
I Wish I Could Drift Away In A Sea Of Forgetfulness
Impunity From Emotions
Lifeless, Hopeless far removed from any possible Bliss
Maybe I’ll Find Peace In Death
Great Poem I would put it next to I too sing America by Langston Hughes! Way to go Taniya.