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I Can't...

November 3, 2012
By Anonymous

I can't just stand here and watch everything happen
I can't just stay motionless when I'm surrounded
I can't fly free in the night when I want to most
I can't escape this harsh, cruel world in which I'm trapped
I can't leave my past behind me
I can't be here forever and feel useful
I can't go forward even though it's they way home
I can't love, hate, or feel strong emotion
I can't do a lot of things
What can I do?


The author's comments:
I just started writing

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AbbyJJ SILVER said...
on Dec. 17 2012 at 5:44 pm
AbbyJJ SILVER, St. Louis, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
"Never say goodbye because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting."

Thanks :) I really like reading and writing poems like this one.

on Nov. 6 2012 at 4:28 pm
ChrisJ PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”
- Martin Luther King Jr.

I like the mood of sadness and despair in this poem! You really did a great job! Please make sure to read some of my poems like 'Abused' and 'The Watcher', I think that they have a simiar tone to this.