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alone is what I feel sometimes

because of my peers.

caution is what they call me.

desperation controls me as

emptiness takes over my mind.

fumbling around and 

getting into trouble I needed

help but only

I knew.

just as I thought it could get no worse I 

keeled in front of my bedside

laughing at myself for all the 

mistakes I'd made.

neatly, I folded my hands and 

opened my mouth,

praying to God to 

quickly come 

revive me and forgive my 

sins.

truly, I knew, that 

underneath all of my troubles I was a  

victim struggling in the

way that I know he would forgive me for. You offered me a 

xenodochium, a place to rest, and

You

zoned out the pain so I could become one of your people and I knew I was home.

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