Beautiful Still Poem, by lisztmsv, at My poetic side

Depression, Sadness, & despair

Loneliness & Strife

Insanity & Distain

Starvation & Neglect

are everything a girl of 8,

felt as of late.

when she was left alone to her tears

not a soul would listen to her fears

not a one..

grateful she would be if people

heard her screams.

In her heart, she cried to one, she cried to all

as the tears began to fall

hope had become a stranger

a lone ranger.

In her time of solace

she wondered about the world

like me and you

she saw many a thing

Violence & horrible things

and yet she thought that'd in all she had seen,

where she'd had been

'i am beautiful still'

'to the world that's far above me,

the one as wide as the sea, young & fragile i am,

broken & battered like a lost

lamb.

Crushed by the weight of unimaginable expectation

all wrapped in tattered lace is me with a bruised face.

i admire you still 'fore you are beautiful still'.

Author: lisztmsv (Pseudonym) ( Offline)
Published: April 28th, 2023 15:40
Comment from author about the poem: Often times while I was growing up I had a lot of those feelings. I felt surrounded by them. I felt trapped in seeing beauty in anything when I was treated so badly. Now that I'm an adult my outlook has changed but you still never forget thinking or feeling those things. They remain engraved in more than just your heart but everything that makes you a person. This is a very personal poem that took me awhile to construct clearly. I hope to anyone who reads it that they understand the feelings that I tried to convey.
Category: Sad
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