Poetry Corner: Tell Me Why

Tell me why we have to suffer through pain

Tell me why tears resemble the rain

Tell me why love can hurt so much

Tell me why you always burn me with your touch

Tell me, do you know the answers to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why I have this tear-stained face

Tell me why these feelings I cannot erase

Tell me why you say the things you say

Tell me why you won’t let me go away

Tell me, do you know the answers to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why my heart is breaking

Tell me why my soul is aching

Tell me why I have to have it so rough

Tell me why my suffering is not enough

Tell me, do you know the answer to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why I have to hide

Tell me why my feelings are drowning me inside

Tell me why you make me feel so sad

Tell me why you have to be so bad

Tell me, do you know the answers to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why you played with my mind

Tell me why you always left me behind

Tell me why you broke my heart

Tell me why you tore me apart

Tell me, do you know the answers to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why you don’t love me anymore

Tell me why things can’t be like before

Tell me why you treat me like dirt

Tell me why you like to see me hurt

Tell me, do you know the answers to these

I need to know so tell me please

Tell me why you like to see me cry

Tell me why you make me feel like I wanna die

Tell me why you waste me like a dime

You know what, forget it, you’re not worth my time.

(Written by me April 2002)