By: Erin O'Malley

I have a sorrow in my heart,
that will not go away or depart.


When I try to define how I feel,
I only start wondering what is real.


I want to be happy and full of glee,
but somehow a cloud hovers over me.


If I were to name the sorrow it would be,
depression of sorts you see.


I have hobbies and things I like to do,
It gives me a little joy to know this is true.


I love my dear family with all my heart,
I hope our lives will never part.


But it is not enough to quench the pain,
I wish I could wash it down the drain.


I don't even know why the sorrow is there,
sometimes I think how life is not fair.


Why do I have to go thru this sorrow,
can I switch with someone for tomorrow?


Do I have to be me my whole life thru,
or can I be for a day someone new?


My days seem like a year,
and my nights are filled with fear.


For is this life all that it seems,
or is it only in my dreams.


Can I change what happens in my life,
will I always have agony and strife?


I want to be more than I am right now,
is there a chance that I will somehow?


What can I do and what can I say,
to make this sorrow go away.


If some how the pain will depart,
then I will have a brand new start.


~by~ Erin O'Malley