My life is nothing compared to yours My pain is but the prick of a needle Compared to the torture you have suffered I told you how my life had been so bad As you sat there and listened And told me you were sorry And that you're glad I've found my place But I never knew I never knew someone could be so humble For my ignorance recognized has humbled me I want to say I have felt your pain But alas, I cannot For when you told me You were searching for your place in life I thought, well isn't everybody now But I never knew You told me you were a poet I said I want to see And you may not know it But it was your way of telling me your story It was you way of saying That I have had it easy That nothing is as bad as it seems And that I never knew I have read pages of your pain Through words that have touched my soul And I feel like breaking down and crying For I have felt sorry for myself And have tried to hurt myself again and again But for what? I never knew I want to tell you that you have taught me a lesson You have told me not to live in the past And dwell on things that are done That each day brings new opportunities That life is what you make of it So just know that I have a shoulder here to cry on And feel free to tell me what you are thinking Because never again do I want to be able to say I never knew
Reason for writing:
You know who you are. ;)
Birth sign: Aquarius
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