~what Is? Poem by Darlene Belcher

What is love?
what is hope?
what is happiness?
what is friendship?
what is sanity?
what is sadness?
what is joy?

My heart makes up the answers
and my mind gives me the reasons

But what is it when i cant stand for myself
and tell you what i think?

Why is it that I am the person whom you think is weak

I cry out the reasons,
i show you the pain,
i show you the result from all that i have to gain.

But in the end what is truthfully gained?
Nothing

No one will listen,
no one will care

Its just a practical joke that people play
but yet it is me who waits everyday

Im tired of this nothingness,
im tired of the blame.

Im not the one who is the reason
that you can blame blame blame.

What if for once my heart wasnt lying
and my mind told me it was right?

What if i told you that i am willing to put up the fight?

Would you listen?
would you care?

What is Understanding?
what is reasoning?
what is hearing?
what is speaking?
what is purpose?

Morals, values, worth.

What is it when you say your suppose to show these things
yet never have the chance?

Its just yell. yell. yell.

Im not the one who created the word,
but ill use it to my intentions.

So tell me...

What is life?
what is worth?
what is sacred?
what is earned?
what is sacrifice?
what is meaning?

When is it when we are allowed to stand up
and stand for what we believe it.

Why a certain age?

What if its a little girl
crying out in rage.

What if its a little boy
crying out in pain?

What IS...
is my question.

A meaning to an ends.
but when we are brought back.
its only to be silenced and play pretend.

WHAT
IS.....