*Dedicated to a girl I should have tried to know better*
There's a girl on the street
Whose eyes you won't meet
Because you're too ashamed
But isn't ignoring her pain
Something much the same
As harming her yourself
Her face looks dead
But her eyes plead with words unsaid
All she wants is to feel alive
She's human too
But, just like you
I avoid her searching gaze
But maybe we're so afraid
Because inside we're all the same
And admitting that fact might get us hurt
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Words of a Silent Soul - poetry
PoetryPoetry - some old, some new, all original. Some of these can be depressing or triggering. I'm not a professional poet, and most of these poems are thought up on the spot without much planning. Therefore, there isn't a whole lot of structure. Sorry a...
