I feel so lonely
and lost some of my heart
my dads abandoned me
my worlds falling apart

I have no oxygen
can’t live another day
I’ve tried so hard to fight it
but it just won’t go away

He hurt me terribly
he’s always in my head
I try and think of other things while lying in my bed

The clock keeps tickin by
but I’m still in that day
Inside I cry and cry
don’t want to feel this way

And I hate feeling like this
and I hate crying out loud
I’m gonna pick myself up off the ground
what once was lost will now be found
and someday, I will be proud

I don’t know what to do sometimes
I wish that I was dead
Cuz of what you did to me
alone in that big bed

you turned off the lights
and I got really scared
I thought you’d never hurt me
I thought you really cared

But you were really drunk
I knew right from the start
Didn’t think a thing that bad could happen
lying in the dark

But now it’s done
my stories told
I’m glad I did confide
And somehow I’ll get through this
I know I will survive

And I hate feeling like this
and I hate crying out loud
I’m gonna pick myself up off the ground
what once was lost will now be found
and someday, I will be proud

This poem was written/submitted by Emily Caron.