A New Life

A New Life By: Alexis Aslan
Publication: The International Library of Poetry IN The Colors of Life Anthology 2003
Dedication: Peter Kellett 1918-2002
Start a new life they say,
But I know it is not easy,
To get up and start over again.

Trapped in this place,
This place in my mind
Don’t know what is going on.
Please someone tell me why?

How do I get out of this place?
I feel trapped
As if I am drowning,
Someone help!
I can not take this anymore.

Sometimes I feel if I can just end it,
End my life, I won’t be in,
So much pain and grief,
If I can just join him again.

But then I hear a knock on the door,
Suddenly these thoughts are stopped,
Just as quickly as they came,
Stopped, for at least one day.