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• Jazmine Morris, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2010

I can’t hear the music, I can’t hear the sound
I feel like I’m stuck, way down underground
Everyone is screaming, but all I hear is you
The words that you left me with, I feel much more than blue
I miss the brush and tingle, of your skin touching mine
I miss those sunny days, lying under the old pine
But most of all of that, I miss being loved
Of feeling like I belong, of having someone to hug
My mum says it’s normal, but I know it’s anything but
My dad thinks I’m depressed, like some mental nut
But I know I’m lost, I’m lost in unknown land
And it’s really scary, you used to hold my hand
No-one wants to touch me, let alone try and talk
It’s like there’s some barrier, or a white line of chalk
On the outside I’m angry, inside I’m lost
But even deeper still, I’m impossibly in love.