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So Hard

January 6, 2012
By -Char- GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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-Char- GOLD, Council Bluffs, Iowa
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The true friends are the ones who can get you to laugh even in your darkest depressions. ~Me

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Why is it so hard?
Why is life so hard?
All work,
And hardly any joy.

Tell me,
What's the point?
Why is life so hard?
Why does it have to be so hard?

Too busy for love,
Even if it lived next door,
It's too busy to know,
I'm too busy to show,
That I'm in love, so.

Why is it so hard?
Why is life so hard?
What did I do wrong?

Why is life so boring?
Oh, tell me how,
Life is hard, yet so boring?

Math, is an irritating nuisance,
Friends, hardly any time for,
My self, minimum,
Love, no time to confess to!

Why is it so hard?
Oh, why does this life seem so...
IM POS I BLE,
When can I just be free?
Even though I'm so lonely,
Maybe if I was free,
I could have said,
SOMETHING!?
Maybe if I was FREE...(?)

© Allison F., Langhorne, PA

The author's comments:
I know it's a bit redundant, but that's just how it goes. I hope you know the poem isn't bad just because it’s redundant.
It's a literary element after all!
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carothesparrow GOLD said...
on Feb. 7 2012 at 3:18 pm
carothesparrow GOLD, Lilburn, Georgia
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dont give up she will talk someday my friend made this quote she is really cool cause she understands about my sister<br /> it starts with ONE to make a differerence!!! i learned this quote at a leadership camp<br /> <br /> ohana means family no one gets left behind

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thats really good it describes how i feel sometimes :)
daph199 SILVER said...
on Jan. 24 2012 at 9:34 pm
daph199 SILVER, Burlington, New Jersey
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i like the pattern you have going. try to throw a little mystery in there, because it's always fun to throw in mystery into poems. you dont have to though, it's just what i do because it's my style hahaha. please check out my poems "Ode to Coffee Cups" and "The War". For The War, I would love to see if you could guess the hidden meaning behind it.
Shmelmo GOLD said...
on Jan. 23 2012 at 1:42 pm
Shmelmo GOLD, Elma, Iowa
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I really like this. I think that everyone finds life impossible at times which makes this poem really relatable. Could you please check out my poem, Once a Survivor Forever a Fighter?