Let go

Not there, I say

Not here? He says

Not there, I say

Not here, he says.

Further, I say

Further? He says

Further, I say

Further, he says.

It's here, I know

Not there, she says

It's here, I know

Not there, she says

True, she says

Lies, I know

True, she says

Lies, I know

Let's go, she says

Let's go, I say.

Let's go, I say

Let's go, he says.

Run, she says.

Stay, I whisper

Run, she says.

Okay, I whisper.

Stay, she did.

Run, I did.

Bye, I said.

Don't, she says

Bye, I said

Stop, she did.

Please, I say

None he says

Come, I say

None he says.

Sorry, I say

Smile he did.

Sorry she says

Cry she does.

It Took All My Energy

 written by Tony Wallace (2001)

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It took all my energy to want you

and the rest of me to go after you

and then one day I knew

that I had you.

I am Sorrow

written by Sindy Cheung (1989)

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Who will listen to my feeling?

Who will listen to my useless land?

After the war, my skin had been damaged,

There are craters in my body.

Although I was sad, sorry, and suffering,

Who will listen to my feeling?

I am sad, sorry, and suffering,

Who will know my feeling?

I am not sad about my harmed body,

I am sorrow because of the people who can't use me rightly.

Who will know my feeling.

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extracted from The End of Your Life Book Club 
by Will Schwalbe

The poem was written when author was 16 years old. She's a Viatnamese, living in a refugee camp in Hong Kong.

When It's Mine

Did this on the spot.
I didn't check my grammar. So forgive me for any mistakes.

If you guys get this, please pray for me. I (might) just need 'em.

When It's Mine by adefuwa kuroli