inner-self

inner-self

A Poem by Senu Jayasinghe

I don't know why
My life feels so wrong,
I don't know this hollow feeling
That eats me up from the inside out,
I don't know .....

But I want to know
what I want,
what I feel,
what I did wrong ...

I don't want to feel this
Vacant,
I don't want to be paralaysed;
When the whole world is humming with excitment,
I don't want to be
Overwhelmed, when I should be excited.

I don't want to be myself
'cause i'm not who I want to be,
I want to be my inner-self
Who is acute and brave ......
Yet,
I want me to be me....

© 2015 Senu Jayasinghe


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Senu Jayasinghe
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This poem is very moving- it makes me just want to say 'everything will be okay', while at the same time reminding me of how I've felt at times in the past. I really like the structure and the change in rhythm for the second verse. The only negative point I have is that I would change the "'cause" in the final verse to "because", but bad grammar is just one of my pet hates! You've done well here though :D

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Added on January 17, 2015
Last Updated on September 21, 2015
Tags: life, lost, hope