People From The Shadows

by Jessica Hoppus - Gemini

Where could you be?
Hiding in the shadows
Somewhere I cannot see
Lurking around the corner
What do you want from me?

About me you always hear
Even when you can't see me
It is you that I fear
Even though you don't truly know me

I don't care about what you think or say
You mean nothing to me
But you hurt me every single day
Emotionally you've killed me

All I ask for is to die
My soul has already perished
Pretty soon so will I
To no one was I cherished

To everything you added a twist
Your rumors changed reality into a separate falsehood
Think of me as I slit my wrist
To destroy me you did everything you possibly could

Our petty game you finally won
A game of lies and deceit
But for you, it was all for fun
A game I hope never to have to repeat

But I am finally leaving now
Never again will I need to ask
What are you going to do to me and how
And why has tolerating it become my daily task

I'll never again need to know where you'll be
Or why you're hiding from my pain filled cries
Never again will I need to wonder what I'll see
When I wipe away the tears and finally open my eyes

You are all people just hiding and waiting
To emerge from the shadows to torment
Watching, listening, blindly hating
From the shadows from where you were sent

Never again do I need to worry
Never again do I need to cry
Never again do I need to hurry
Never again do I need to ask myself why

Now you will have to torment someone new
Someone who won't expect the pain
Someone who doesn't know what you'll do
Someone else who takes the sunshine along with the rain

I will never again have to wonder when
You will make up a new lie about me
Because suicide is my escape and then
I'll be gone without even leaving behind a memory

And then it is someone else's turn to wonder...

Where could you be?
Hiding in the shadows
Somewhere I cannot see
Lurking around the corner
What do you want from me?










Birth sign: Gemini
Date created: 2000-11-20 15:41:42
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:03
Poem ID: 58524

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