Let Me Be

 

Free and twisted oxygen I breathe

Twisted by the wide world's cruelty

 Overshadowed by the world's darkness

A dream crushed by wickedness

A life hammered by envy

Crushed by failure and betrayal

Roughened by mistrust and impatience

Conquered by fear

 

Free and twisted oxygen I breathe

Contaminated by pretenses

That germinates deeply in their veins

Rooted by a seed of revenge

Haunted and destructed by your words

 

Hurt horribly by your horrific judgments

Mistaken mercilessly for a good for nothing

Unfortunately, you were judgmental

based on what I was but not on who I am

For once just look at the bright part of me

And just let me be me.

 

By Adong Magok Ater