Afraid
Why on Earth
Was I so
Goddamned afraid
To be happy?
I held myself
Back, hiding
In my sweet
Misery
Until it seemed
I couldn�t find
The path back
To the light.
My bread crumbs
Were all eaten
By ravens
In my black
Jungle of pain.
If I had known
That all I had
To do was
Look the other way,
I would have seen
The road,
Stretching out
Right in front
Of me.
The trees closed
In and trapped me
Because I asked
Them to, but
Now I see
It�s all on me.
Only I can
Put on the
Dark cloak
Of pain,
Or bask in
The warm
Light of the sun.
Don�t ask me why
I was so afraid.
love poems anonymous