Why can't I plunge the knife in deep, <br />And let this liquid so red seep, <br />Into the ground from where I came? <br />To me the world is all the same, <br />Bigoted, hateful and me they blame, <br />For everything from the Big Bang, <br />To the choir that never sang. <br /> <br />Why do these eyes shed tears, <br />Like a torrential downpour, <br />Of sadness for my very fears, <br />That keep me from my hapiness? <br /> <br />I never wanted money or fame, <br />All I ever wanted to claim, <br />Was to be my mother's daughter, <br />But no one cared or even bothered, <br />to see what was good for me, <br />Cause this girl they refused to let me be. <br /> <br />Oh why? Why can't I plunge this knife so deep, <br />And let this liquid so red seep, <br />Into the ground from where I came, <br />Cause the world is all the same?<br /><br />Barbara Lynn Terry<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-knife-so-deep/
