Poem2024-07-25T09:32:52+00:00

Just Listen

By: strawberry short cake

I NEVER WANTED IT TO HAPPEN THIS WAY.
SOMETHING VERY DEAR TO ME HAS BEEN TAKEN AWAY.


I SAID NO. WHY DIDNT HE HEAR ME?
I DIDNT WANT TO DO IT. COULDN'T HE SEE?

MY BODY CRIED A MILLION TEARS IN ONE.
I WAS TRAPPED. THERE WAS NO WAY OUT, NOWHERE TO RUN.

NOW THAT IT'S GONE I FEEL EMPTY INSIDE.
MY PROBLEMS AND FEELINGS TO NO ONE I CAN CONFIDE.

MY FEELINGS SHATTERED, MY HEART'S A MESS.
MY DENIAL OF SIN, TO NO ONE I WILL CONFESS.

I WANT IT BACK, THOUGH THAT CANNOT BE.
WHAT I HAVE LOST IS GONE PERMANENTLY.

IT'S LEFT TO THE LAND OF NO RETURN.
AND, NOW THAT IT'S GONE, MY HEART WILL ETERNALLY BURN.

I WILL MISS IT TODAY AND TOMMOROW, TOO.
I WILL STILL NOT FORGET IT, FOR IT IS TRUE.

I WOULD SIT AND DIE.
CONTINUOUSLY CRY.

AND STILL, I WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO YOU,
BECAUSE IN MY HEART, IT WAS TRULY
TAKEN AWAY.

I HAD NO SAY,
SO IN THE INCIDENT NO ONE HEARD WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

IF YOU HAD LISTENED, THEN YOU WOULD SEE.
YOU'VE TAKEN SOMETHING VERY PRECIOUS TO ME.

I'M EMPTY NOW, THOUGH IT MAY NOT SHOW.
I WANT TO FORGET ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. I JUST WANT
TO LET GO.

I CANT FORGET IT, THOUGH I KNOW I TRY.
EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT, I CAN'T HELP BUT CRY.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, I FEEL DIRTY AND LOW.
AND I'M HURT INSIDE AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW.

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS NO JUST LISTEN, PLEASE,
BECAUSE THEN MAYBE ANOTHER GIRL WON'T END UP LIKE ME.