I don’t want to be here
I don’t want to be here
Not at all
It’s a jungle out here
There’s violence
There’s rudeness
Don’t get me wrong
There’s good here
It’s very hard to find
Because all of the good is cowering in fear
The bad
It drags me out of bed
Forces me to walk into the brick abyss
Once I'm in, the blackness surrounds me
The bad is all around me
Inside the bad
I search for the good
It’s hard
The bad
Pushes me
Pulls me
Makes me stumble
I struggle to remember
Why I am there
I am the light
I search for my fellow light
There in the darkness
It’s hard
But I get the job done
I try to turn the darkness into light
And turn from wicked ways
I do not want to be here
Not at all
I am afraid
No, not even that
I am
Horrified
Terrified
Shuddering with fear
You might ask
If you’re so afraid, why are you here?
It is my duty
There is one more thing
I forgot to tell you
I love it
I love comforting the scared light
And helping them shine bright
The dark
Is my reminder
Of why I am light
Why I get back up when I fall
Why I fight
The darkness may
Drag me from my bed
And force me to enter that brick abyss
But it’s what life’s all about
When you are pushed
To and fro
You keep going
You keep fighting till the very end
Life is a war
AND WERE ALL ON THE FRONT-LINE
Liliana Roman
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-don-t-want-to-be-here-4/
