Love Poem: Woes & Lows
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

Woes & Lows

Smiling on the world 
Perfect hair flowing everywhere
Brown hazel eyes shining
with the sun envy in the air
Princes prancing down to me 
I'm not sure if there goblins 
Or the real thing

I skip and try not 
to show on my face
All the pain that
I wish I could erase 
I know by my old age
I will be deranged 

He thinks he can save me
But I'm pretty pessimistic
about these claims 
He treats me like 
I'm a new born child
So fragile
But he doesn't know 
that the world I come 
from is not very agile 

I've fallen down so many stairs
Pretending to skip away my fears
Wiping away all these tears 
as I sit and wait for him to appear
loneliness and no kisses is 
what I've experienced 
and it's become the norm to me
So please explain to me 
how your going to be 
everything that I need 

When constantly everyday
all these woes & lows 
convince me that I will 
always be this way.
There is nothing you can
change. So be like the rest.
Attempt a try at what's 
beneath my vest. 
Than be on your merry way.
So I can continuing skipping.
Not entirely content with 
my days. Just floating on anyway.