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Justin May 2019
10 gallon bucket filled to the brim
with dense fresh snow

9 gallons of snow
time has passed now

8 gallons of snow
it is melting slowly

7 gallons of snow
not so dense and fresh

5 gallons now
melting faster

3 gallons almost empty
snow almost gone

10 gallon bucket now empty
replaced with a gallon of water

left to nothing
How can you have so much of one thing, and have it melt into nothing?
Justin Apr 2019
Is it my own fault?
For being the way I am?
I seek out change.
But I remain the same.

Is it your own fault?
For treating me the way you did?
You did your best.
But I still feel shame.

Why do my needs feel unmet?
Do I expect care, in places you do not?
It's not your fault.
You're imperfect.

Am I imperfect?
I need to be perfect?
It's my own fault.
I'm imperfect.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Justin Apr 2019
Do not feel that ****** emotion
Drown it now, or you will fall
Living life with no devotion

Mind shall fill with noisy commotion.
Do not reach for friends to call
Do not feel that ****** emotion

Longing for a magic potion
Drown it all with alcohol
Living life with no devotion

Feeling life without no motion
Being alone I start to bawl
Do not feel that ****** emotion

Swimming in mind like ocean
Feelings, feelings hide them all
Living life with no devotion

Wishing for life to return in slow motion
Keep them hidden behind a wall
Do not feel that ****** emotion
Living life with no devotion
I wrote this while feeling the pressure of showing my true self to my mom. My mom has always been someone I've wanted to impress. I can never get enough, I need her validation for everything, and being creative was never something she cared about. I guess she never really cared for anything that she wanted to do. This is my first poem I have written since the 7th grade, so I hope you enjoy, or can relate in some way.

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