Everybody Hurts

poem by: Wendy Phelan
Written on Nov 06, 2015

Everybody hurts, everybody cries
As surely as the years pass, everybody dies
I hurt, I have scars from lost love and pain
Sleep deeply to hide from life's thunder and rain


All my doubts I hide deep inside
Death is always there to chase me
Still greedily I cling to life
Longing for someone to love me

Lost in a maze in colorless dreams
Endless, barren, no reason for being
Long for kisses like peaches and cream 
A wicked thirst waits all consuming

I give great love in my Father's name
No thanks to a cold heartless Mother 
I am reduced to my childhood's shame
How will I know how to love another

From hateful words on a dusty shelf
In another home dictated by charity
I could barely breathe for myself
I fear light yet crave for clarity

What if my dreams are already taken
Trapped in shadows of deep past grief
Could her future for me be mistaken
I pray for joy even if it be brief

Yes I will find my "one" and my only
Any others are a mere delusion
Lovers left behind, lost and lonely
Tortured tears cried in confusion

He looks intently at me and yet,
Wonders who's is he looking at
Now I am a memory hard to forget
I don't want to be seen like that

Another love has captured my heart
Bound together like leather and lace
He holds my hand and fills my heart
And this man sees beyond just a face

I wouldn't be loved like I am today
If your love hadn't torn me apart that way..

Copyright 7 December 2015
Wendy Phelan








 

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teresa Skyles commented:
Oh my Wendy that was very touching.
Christopher Russon commented:
Very moving poem.Well written
Wendy Phelan commented:
Thank you Teresa and Christopher.
Ja Ja commented:
Words and verses in such eloquent scrawl A poetic gift of love shared with us all Thank you
Wendy Phelan commented:
Thank you Ja Ja! Loved your poetic comment..
Wendy Phelan commented:
Thank you Ja Ja! Loved your poetic comment..
Frank Hornby . commented:
I just can't stop reading your poems Wendy..........you must now try to write down some happy memories, ......I look forward to enjoying them also....

 

 

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