The Poetry
For The Life I Carry Inside
Life
Feelings We Hide
The Summer
Tell Me Why
Words of Love
Don't Let Me Lose You
Will She?
Me and You
The Alarm
The Ivy and The Rose
Our Bond
Happiness

2013 Elizabeth E. Baum
For The Life I Carry Inside
If not for the life that I carry inside,
I could care-less if I live or die.
I don't understand why things are,
I do so much and I try so hard.
Yet it all seems to be in vain,
For everyday I still awake with this pain.
This pain that grows and grows inside my heart,
It's as if the world is determined to tear me apart.
What else must I say, what else must I do,
To allow, for once, my dreams to come true?
Last night I wished upon a shooting star,
Yet my hopes and dreams still seem so far.
I would have wished that I could just curl up and die,
If it wasn't for the life I carry inside.
December 10, 1998...DLB
Life
Life can cause a person so much pain,
It can make you feel you're
going insane.
My life has torn my heart apart,
I somtimes wish I
could make a new start. Though sometimes I say I wish I would have died,
when I attempted suicide. I think back on all the things I would have missed,
those precious moments, like my first meaningful kiss. And though sometimes I
still say I wish I could die,
I can feel my future within my pride.
And though my future will be a hard road to go down,
one day it will turn
my life around. The people who have helped me the most are my friends,
because they will be with me until the end. Though I have said some harsh things
to people I know and love,
I will get forgiveness from the lords above.
This was not made for people to feel sorry for me,
it was just to show them how terrible
and good life can be. Just open your mind and listen to the words that I send,
for if you understand them, your hearts will also mend.