Surviving the Fight or Fighting to Survive
Curse of the Detainee
Hi again, I wrote a poem today that I thought you guys might like to read. I think that many of you might associate with it:
Curse of the Detainee
When everything is going right in your life
But there's a pain that you just can't hide
A hurt that is waiting just behind
Those closed off deep blue eyes
When your dreams are finally coming true
And there are people who are there for you
But still you can't help but feel alone
Like there is still nowhere to call home
You tell yourself you should be proud
You have succeeded in the things you've vowed
You've overcome the unspeakable
And you've reached what you have been told unreachable
You have held on to your dreams
You have allowed yourself to believe
You picked yourself up when all was lost
Carried on no matter the cost
You've lost the most precious thing you have
And fought to get it back
When most would give up all hope
But still you found a way to cope
But sometimes when it's quiet and black
You start to see the things you lack
The things that you will never be
The things that you can't guarantee
The voices that won't give you peace
The hurt that just wont cease
And sometimes you feel like giving in
and letting your horrors win
You don't want to stand up tall
Just to be destined to fall
You know that things will just go wrong
Just like they have all along
You wonder if you will ever be free
From the curse of the detainee
Locked inside with the sentence unnamed
Nothing but lonely and ashamed
But still you fight for something more
To change the lives of those you adore
Because there must be a reason for you to exist
Something that you must have missed
So go on fighting to survive
Because again you will revive
You will not forever be
Controlled by the curse of the detainee
Jozilea Faulkner
