Book 1: Yeng Verse-022

I Don't Know How You Feel

I don't know how you feel, don't make me guess

I know you've got problems you can't face

But please don't kill me with your silence

The deafening silence engulfing us

I don't know how you feel coz you're hiding it

I want to comfort you but I'm fighting it

I know that you woldn't like it

But I, myself, couldn't help it

I don't know how you feel, you don't want to show it

I know you don't want me to pity you

So I've written this poem just for you

To persuade you to let your sadness out

I don't know how you feel, don't keep me guessing

I don't know how you feel, please stop hiding

I don't know how you feel, please start showing

For if you show your feelings, your heart will stop breaking.

*written on December 13, 1995 -- Yeng'95

** some parts have been edited -- yctOwens 2010