Quiet Poetry Lounge : VALLEY OF TEARS

Anwar Aswad Ami

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VALLEY OF TEARS

I’M OUT HERE ON MY OWN
JUST TO ROAM AND ROAM
WHERE IS GOD, AND WHY WAS I BORN?
SOMEBODY TELL ME, WHY DON’T I HAVE A HOME?

NEVER KNOWING HAPPINESS
OR WHAT A SWEET CARESS IS
LIVING IN THIS VALLEY
THIS VALLEY OF TEARS

NO ONE TO COMFORT ME FROM THESES HEARTACHES AND PAINS.
I DON’T EVEN HAVE SHELTER FROM THE SPITEFUL ELEMENTS, SNOW AND RAIN.
NO LOVING ARMS TO HOLD ME TIGHT.
NOTHING OVER MY HEAD, BUT THE STARS AND MOON AT NIGHT.

JUST A HUG OR A TENDER KISS!
IT’S THE LOVE THAT I REALLY MISS
I WANT OUT OF THIS VALLEY!
I WANT TO STOP THIS MISERY.

I’VE BEEN HERE SO LONG
THIS WHOLE STORY SEEMS WRONG
LIVING IN A PLACE WHERE LOVE DON’T FLOW
I FEEL LIKE I’M ALREADY IN HELL BELOW

A HOUSE CAN NEVER EVER BE NO HOME
IF IT’S A PLACE WHERE CONFUSION ROAMS?
I RATHER BE OUT HERE STRUGGLING ON MY OWN
THAN TO LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE CONFUSION ROAM
I HOPE YOU NEVER EXPERIENCE THE FEARS.
OUT HERE IN THIS VALLEY OF TEARS........


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