Written on the walls of Shobana Gomes: I prayed for the tiring days to be over, the bad times when nothing brought me peace. Then I remembered my children and knew that no matter what, I had to remind them of the good times we had together; they were suffering too. The smiles on their faces were enough. It was good to see them laugh - shobana
I learned the hard way
It wasn't written in any textbooks
How to survive pain
that struck me every minute, every day.
I learned to live through them
The anguish, and the inflicted pain
was unbearable.
I had no one to lean on
for my kind of malady
and
I learned no one sticks with
someone hurting for long
Not if there wasn't anything in there for them
to benefit from
They say the right words when they see you
They try to portray care
and then behind your back
they shake their heads
and walk away
and their words turn spiteful.
I wondered then if I'd ever make it through
Here I am
I did!
I learned I didn't need you
but you learned from me and
need me to the end.
-shobana-
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