Sacrifice

by Megan Aries - Not entered

So you want to tell me about sacrifice
and that I don't know desperation. I
am just a girl that knows nothing of
your hardships and pain. Well, fuck you,
my tattoos have stories, just as your 
do, my life has left me twice now and
it is not a badge of honor that I carry
in my pocket. On the outside I look like
you, like everyone else, but my light 
blue eyes have been empty, and my waist
length hair has stayed in the same messy
knot for over a week, unkept and dirty.
I have scars I can't hide. I am an archieve
of loss. I have lain next to the man of my
dreams, only the next morning to wake to 
find his space empty, never to be filled 
again. So ask me again why I don't want to
be touched, or why my dimples are seldom
summoned, or why the black lines around
my eyes never go away. Its because I am
human, just like you, and I am not alone 
in my solitude. But happiness finds a home
in no one. I pray that I will remember that
when happiness visits me once again.

Reason for writing:

    I really hate it when people ask me what my story is.    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1999-05-03 15:14:52
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:41:04
Poem ID: 52364

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