A poem of not knowing.

I never knew,

By holding in,

The pain,

Never having spoken about it,

Closing myself in a nutshell,

I never knew,

The anger,

The aggression,

It would bring out of me,

I never knew,

I would have been,

Like a ticking time bomb,

Like an errupting volcano,

Like a preassure cooker,

All about to explode,

I never knew,

I the damage it was going to cause,

I never knew,

My life,

Would be the way it is,

Today,,,

I never knew,

The confused state of mind,

I had,,,,

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Comments (5)
  • Aiyanna on Oct 23, 2009

    How True!!!

  • Darla Cooke on Oct 23, 2009

    Very true!

  • Jane Jane on Oct 23, 2009

    well said.

  • diamondpoet on Oct 23, 2009

    We must move on to the present and not let our past dictate our lives.

  • alc on Oct 25, 2009

    I loved this especially the way it ended!

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