the silence, the aching, <br />the numbness, the pain. <br /> <br />the wonder, the lightness <br />I try to regain. <br /> <br />they tell me I'm nice <br />I'm warm and I'm kind, <br /> <br />but there's something amiss <br />when I can't seem to find <br /> <br />that place within me <br />where calm resides, <br /> <br />where my heart is open <br />and not where it hides. <br /> <br />it'll allow me to hope <br />to love and to be, <br /> <br />at one with myself <br />and totally free <br /> <br />from the silence, the numbness, <br />the aching, the pain, <br /> <br />and all I don't want <br />my soul to contain. <br /> <br />(London,29 May,2003)<br /><br />Melanie Walendowsky Baker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/something-amiss/
