I tried to write a poem
about happiness
but I forgot what that felt like.
I forgot how to smile.I tried to write a poem
about love
but I needed to be vulnerable again
to allow myself to feel it.I tried to write a poem
about music
but my words didn't rhyme
and my melody sounded like someone else's song.I tried to write a poem
about me
but I didn't know who that was anymore.
I lost the only me I've ever known.I tried to write a poem
about someone who loved me,
but i couldn't.
I just didn't believe it when you said you loved me.I tried to write something
that could erase all the pain
but that would leave me all alone
again.
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Black Butterfly
شِعرthis is a book filled with original poetry by Kamogelo Modirwa. This book describes the journey I went through to find myself again after the many internal battles I had to fight and the journey that I needed to go on before I could earn my wings...