I run <br />I run from your forceful hands <br />The ones you use to take control of me <br />The ones that lock this bedroom door so I can't escape <br />The ones that on a good day gently stroke my hair and hold me close <br />The ones I both fear and love <br /> <br />I run <br />I run from your malicious words <br />The ones that make me cry myself to sleep at night <br />The ones that tell me you didn't mean it <br />The ones that turn around and say it again <br />The ones I've learned to believe <br /> <br />I run <br />I run from the emotions you've left me with <br />The ones that haunt my dreams at night <br />The ones that I try to hide <br />The ones that cause these tears <br />The ones I know are real <br /> <br />I no longer run <br />I no longer run from your hands <br />They can't hurt me now <br />I no longer run from your words <br />They can't break me now <br />I no longer run from my emotions <br />I accept them now<br /><br />Lois Mae Chavis Alexander<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-run-3/
