I don’t want to be here <br />I don’t want to be here <br />Not at all <br />It’s a jungle out here <br /> There’s violence <br />There’s rudeness <br />Don’t get me wrong <br />There’s good here <br />It’s very hard to find <br />Because all of the good is cowering in fear <br />The bad <br />It drags me out of bed <br />Forces me to walk into the brick abyss <br />Once I'm in, the blackness surrounds me <br />The bad is all around me <br />Inside the bad <br />I search for the good <br />It’s hard <br />The bad <br />Pushes me <br />Pulls me <br />Makes me stumble <br />I struggle to remember <br />Why I am there <br />I am the light <br />I search for my fellow light <br />There in the darkness <br />It’s hard <br />But I get the job done <br />I try to turn the darkness into light <br />And turn from wicked ways <br />I do not want to be here <br />Not at all <br />I am afraid <br />No, not even that <br />I am <br />Horrified <br />Terrified <br />Shuddering with fear <br />You might ask <br />If you’re so afraid, why are you here? <br />It is my duty <br />There is one more thing <br />I forgot to tell you <br />I love it <br />I love comforting the scared light <br />And helping them shine bright <br />The dark <br />Is my reminder <br />Of why I am light <br />Why I get back up when I fall <br />Why I fight <br />The darkness may <br />Drag me from my bed <br />And force me to enter that brick abyss <br />But it’s what life’s all about <br />When you are pushed <br />To and fro <br />You keep going <br />You keep fighting till the very end <br />Life is a war <br />AND WERE ALL ON THE FRONT-LINE<br /><br />Liliana Roman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-don-t-want-to-be-here-4/
