Everywhere I turn
I see sadness in lonely eyes
Questions we ask
Of what, where, how and whys
So many souls
Carrying the weight of pain
Years of emotional hurt
And tears that fall like rain
We hold ourselves
Prisoners of our past
Slowly moving forward
And going nowhere fast
One thing we’ve learned
Is ourselves to blame
Hidden in our past
Is from where it came
In growing up we’re told
Contradictions of love and hate
Who will be the one
To deal the hand of fate?
Only if one of us can you know
How deep go the roots of pain
So young it may start,
The conditioning of the brain
Take away our dignity
Strip us of natural pride
Push us into a corner
With shame we will hide
With smiles some of us
Might hold our own
Until depression sinks in
And makes us feel alone
In a crowded room
We look for the nearest door
Ironically by ourselves
We desperately need so much more
As I look around
From one stranger to the next
In their eyes I see they’re like me
Feeling as though they’ve been hexed
Before us a grim picture
With shared lonely eyes we see
Frowns outnumbering the smiles
A growing minority we’ve come to be
All we can do is
Be there for each other
With hugs and prayers
Like true loving Sister and Brother
With sympathetic heart
To my siblings of guilt I call
I want you to know
I understand you all
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