Puleng Monare
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Poem "why am I doing this to myself?":
- written February 2010
- published March 15, 2010
- viewed 25 times
Other poems by Puleng Monare:
»A woman strong«
»Alone«
»Am I beautiful?«
»happy new you«
»I miss it all«
»Ignorance«
»my father«
»These are my feelings«
Visit Puleng Monare's profile page
Poem "why am I doing this to myself?":
- written February 2010
- published March 15, 2010
- viewed 25 times
Other poems by Puleng Monare:
»A woman strong«»Alone«»Am I beautiful?«»happy new you«»I miss it all«»Ignorance«»my father«»These are my feelings«»why am I doing this to myself?«
I never learn from my mistakes
Never listen
Listen to the advice of those who care for me
Care enough not to want to see me hurt
Care enough not to want to see me cry
And say I should have listened.
I never listen to wise words
I never listen to my mind
But only to my heart
To the heart that disappoints me
The heart that causes sorrow
The heart that makes me cry.
I stop and think
Try to convince myself
Knowing what I'm doing is not good
Knowing that I'm only hurting myself
But I fool myself
Thinking that I deserve it all
I deserve to be happy
Happy at someone else's expense.
Happy for just a while
Temporary happiness.
Never listen
Listen to the advice of those who care for me
Care enough not to want to see me hurt
Care enough not to want to see me cry
And say I should have listened.
I never listen to wise words
I never listen to my mind
But only to my heart
To the heart that disappoints me
The heart that causes sorrow
The heart that makes me cry.
I stop and think
Try to convince myself
Knowing what I'm doing is not good
Knowing that I'm only hurting myself
But I fool myself
Thinking that I deserve it all
I deserve to be happy
Happy at someone else's expense.
Happy for just a while
Temporary happiness.
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