A sour taste
Like how a penny smells
Sharp, metallic
Bitters tears
Sting my cheeks
Why don’t they love me
Will they ever love me
I've tried so hard
I'm so tired
Please just make it stop
I need to rest
To have quiet and escape
Though I am too far for them to hear me.
I say goodbye to them,
Hot fire
My lungs burn as I run
Far
Far
Far Away
Anywhere but there
The bottoms of my feet have become raw
I am hurting
But I feel free
And I feel myself becoming one with the earth
I sit
Finally, I can relax
I did it
I escaped
I left
My feet no longer hurt
Nor my chest
My heart has been freed
I am no longer in my old tired body
I have bloomed
I am beautiful
I am whole
I am loved
Flower
By Laura W.