Let Me Be

A peom of frustration

 

Getting ready to hide away from the world again

I get like this now and then

 

When life brings me nothing but screwed up sorrow

I don’t even want to greet tomorrow

 

“Come on, smile, it’s not that bad!”

Thoughts of crushing your face, an alibi that’s ironclad

 

Leave me alone in my misery, just let me be

I wouldn’t ask you along to oversee, what I see

 

A moment is all that I ask

A moment of solitude a moment to bask

 

I do not ask you to embrace the pain

I’m not covering your face with cellophane

 

Silence! I so desperately seek

When the world seems to me, bleak

 

Take your cheer where it is sought

Allow me to be just, an afterthought

 

2009

Author's Note

Ever have one of those days when you want peace, and everyone wants to fix you. You're fine the way you are, they just don't get it.

Reviews

[imawriter]

Exactly!!!

[Lauren Marie]

I know how you feel! Where you just want everyone to stay away so you can cry in peace. Sometimes it's good to let it all out and get away from it all, but then it's also good to have a shoulder to cry on. Excellent piece, loved the rhyme scheme, loved the message. Bravo!
~Lauren

[MNeilsen]

I feel you on that one. Have those days often, but can't seem to get actually the peace I need. A feeling, a need, a moment brought to life so beautifully here.

[Dennis Shanaberg]

I hear ya. A very good and emotional poem. Reminds me of a Lynyrd Skynyrd song:
"If you ask me no questions/
I'll tell you no lies."
One of my favorite lines and points that I can never express to people. But it is so beautifully done here.
Excellent job.

[lauren emily]

I've had days like this, for sure. I'm pretty sure everyone has. It odd how when you're fine to wallow in your grief by yourself, everyone is suddenly around telling you that everything is gonna be ok. But when you really need someone to give you a hug or a pat on the back, everyone has walked out.
Very interesting piece. I enjoyed reading it a lot. :)

~Lauren