Don't Judge Me - a Poem

Langley Cornwell
You don't know what I've been through
Where I've been or what I knew

You don't know the miles I've walked
By myself, no one to talk

You don't know how low I've been
Shuffling feet, slack-jawed grin

You don't know the wars I've waged
Sometimes winning, sometimes caged

You can't know the pain I feel
What's imagined, what is real

See, you don't know the scars I wear
You don't know, you might not care

Yet you don't know how high I soar
Picked up wisdom, learned to roar

No you don't know my heart's true song
You haven't known me all that long

Published by Langley Cornwell

Langley Cornwell has published with the Yahoo! Contributor Network since 2009 and brings 30 years of corporate experience to her writing career. Langley has a Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from...  View profile

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  • Han Van Meegerin2/7/2011

    Perfect!

  • Lori Gunn1/8/2011

    Excellent work ♥ Lori (formerly Zona)

  • Theresa Wiza12/28/2010

    If only everybody realized the truth in this poem.

  • Gregory M. Harshfield12/15/2010

    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Well done.

  • Sivaramakrishnan Ananthanarayanan12/15/2010

    Amazing poem, but very true! I always wonder at seeing old people, all by themselves; how life would have dealt blow after blow, especially on those vulnerable. Some have vacant eyes, maybe waiting for liberation - siva

  • Julia Bodeeb11/29/2010

    A very powerful poem Langley! Fabulous

  • Deborah Oakes, NPS11/25/2010

    Wow Langley. Awesome! Happy Holidays.

  • Lorraine Yapps Cohen11/25/2010

    Loved your poetic way of warning the judgmental folks out there.

  • Sheri Fresonke Harper11/19/2010

    Excellent:)

  • Shirley A. Mandel11/16/2010

    You just wrote the wisdom of the ages. Jesus taught us not to judge people whose situations we don't understand. I've had that happen to me and it is very painful. Thanks.

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