How Could I Know
By Victoria Smee (UK)
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How could I know I’d wasted it all
My life my hope
I could have been fine
I hurt, I bled, I died inside
I needed I wanted
I suffered alone
Hope was there for me
Screaming to save me
But I hid
Terrified of life
Then I reached out my hand
And saw what could be
Glimpses of life
Flashed past my eyes
And I mourn all I lost in the past
I see a future stretched out before me
I see a world that I am part of
I see my life lying in wait
And I know that’s all I could want.