Beautiful, yet sad poem Yaki. The title of this poem drew me in and when I saw it was in the sad section it got me even more involved.

"I never wanted to be a charity case,
to be loved out of pity, and not out of will.
I never wanted to be, a broken mirror."

Wonderful, compelling beginning. We all don't want to be charity cases. We want someone to love us just the way we are. To be loved because someone feels sorry for us is quite killing in itself.

"I have sketched my own funeral more
times in my mind than rain has poured
from the sky"

This part is so full of emotion. Being so helpless as to dream of your own death...a brink were a lot of people reach and others actually succeed in committing the act.

I just love this poem Yaki. It is now going to be on my favorites list.

Excellent
5/5

Yakz!

You've been writing melancholy lately! I just feel this couldn't be any more saddening. You have a contest up there talking of self-confidence and happiness, yet you are penning your thoughts with a bitter tune that makes my heart cringe.

You, for sure, ain't a charity case. You, too, ain't a broken mirror. Maybe you're just looking at yourself from too many dimensions. Nobody thinks you are weak. For me, the peak of strength comes from the ability to admit how much ache you feel.

Not saying this because I love you but because it must never be hidden.

Epic write.