--- title: The War Within date: 2012-05-11T06:41:05Z modified: 2012-05-11T06:41:05Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/war-within/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 1231 categories: - Life Poems - Sad Poems tags: - Life Poems - Sad Poems - war within; featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/War-Within.jpg" featured_image_alt: War Within author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2012-05-11T06:41:05Z --- I am supposed to be happy, on the brink of something new, exciting and life changing, a moment of unprecedented magnitude; but here i am sulking, sad, angry and confused, it’s as if happiness and [sadness](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/sad.md) are waging a pitched [battle](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/battle-life.md) in my mind;![War Within](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/War-Within.jpg "War Within") i sat watching, numb, cold and powerless, as my spirit tried desperately to broker peace, i feel like i am trapped, stuck in the middle; scared inside, the pain refuses to let go, as my world comes crashing down from within, i try desperately to claw my way back in, for one more attempt at life; [a life](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-life.md) that has all promises, a life that is mine to live, and a life that is meant to [happy](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/happiness.md), and joyous; i do not know how, i tried to know [why](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/me.md), but the more i tried, the deeper i plunged into this [war](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/war-of-life.md) within myself;