i do not know my strength <br />nor see myself as other people do <br />i can not be all things <br />to others or please all for <br />the sake of keeping peace <br /> <br />death will come swiftly <br />when everyone wants a piece of me <br />and there is not enough <br />of me to go around <br />my strength slowly depletes <br /> <br />i turn a deaf ear to the men <br />whose own ears ignored my pleas <br />forgiving them a given <br />though forgetting so difficult <br />i release those that built this prison <br /> <br />i have never known my strength <br />to endure the unspeakable <br />giving life my all to <br />those who would just as soon <br />see me fall from lack of breath<br /><br />Faith Elizabeth Brigham<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/strength-2/
