Inside my Soul

2000

If they could only feel what I've felt
or listen to my pleas for help
if they could see my heart's eyes
or listen to my inside cries.
If they could see my bleeding wounds
my dark soul like a sky without a moon
a craving for my deepest desire
then you will better understand my doom.
how i wish they could feel my burden
then they too would wish to die
or feel the depths of my hurting
in the gloomy night of my broken life.
Could they look through my soul of shame
and behold my scorned name
surely they would shake from the
world's anger
left alone to themselves feeling the pain
I've felt.
If they could only witness my hidden presence
being placed on the back shelf
the black sheep of many empty lessons
if they could only feel what I've felt.


© 2000, Phillip Carter