I

I Am… Not

Copyright, Iggy

I am.
I am not.
I do not exist.
I am like a mirage upon the barren desert sand.
I am.
I am not.
I may be seen only in desperation,
In delusion.
I am.
I am not.
I am nothing to everyone.
I am something to no one.
I am not.
Not “I am.”
But a shadow of a life I am.
A life, I am not.
I do not exist.
Perhaps once I was.
Now I am not.
Perhaps someday I shall be.
Now I am not.
I am naught but an emotional wasteland,
A pile of scars,
A pile of hurt,
A pile of nothing at all.
For though I might have been and I may yet be,
I am nothing now.

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Darkness

Copyright, Inez

Sitting in the Darkness
Illuminated by the moon
There is a little girl
Who has grown up way too soon
Sitting in the darkness
Surrounded by her pain
There is a little girl
Who wants to start again
Sitting in the darkness
Filled with deep despair
There is a little girl
Who wishes she was unaware
Sitting in the darkness
Holding tightly to the picture
There is a little girl
Who wonders about her future
Sitting in the darkness
Surrounded by her fear
There is a little girl
Who can’t even cry a tear
Sitting in the darkness
Knowing she’s all alone
There is a little girl
Praying for a peaceful home
Sitting in the darkness
Afraid to go to bed
There is a little girl
Who wishes she was dead
Laying in the darkness
Buried deep into the ground
There is a little girl
Who’s never going to be found

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