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 Aug 2013 Once An Angel
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Always at war with myself
Constantly self-loathing
Lacking in confidence
Blaming my problems
On everybody else
Shutting people out
Is what I'm best at
I'm **** at showing emotion
Although sometimes
My smile cracks
And my pain shows
In my sunken eyes

It's such a pain
Just waking up
Every day
I act like
I'm fine
When in reality
I'm far from
That state of mind
I hide my body
Except my face
So I can fool everyone
With that lie of a smile
That I always embrace
Even though my thoughts
Are always of suffocation
And painful death
No one would know
Because the pain I feel
I never show and tell any soul

I could be smiling so bright
As I'd constantly think
Of the ways I could die
I could laugh out loud
And think of those razor blades
That I'd love to use on my pale skin
But you'd never suspect me thinking of this
Because, there's a lie of a smile on my face

Constantly triggered, yes I am indeed
But that's something you'd never see
Because that's the part of me
That I hide away from every soul
The ones I love mean more to me
Than my own tragic self
© Natali Veronica 2013.
In front of me lie a dead bird.
He was once a bright yellow
Now he is covered in red blood. Smashed into the dark pavement, silent like the night.
He is cold and innocent.
I began to compare myself to him.
He used to glow with beautiful yellow feathers and huge blue eyes.
Now he is decimated. The blood hides his beauty.

I used to shine, they said. I used to poses a beauty, not physically, but mentally. I used to smile with no resistance and walk with no fear. Now I am pale. I am broken and uneasy. I am not who I once was. I stared at the bird for a little while. I began to wonder about death.

"Death." I announced quietly. I wonder what death feels like. I wonder what happens after.
These questions haunted my mind daily. Maybe I could trade the bird places I began to think.
That bird has a purpose, unlike me.
I began to walk.
I feel worthless.
I mean, I am worthless.
Sometimes a smile doesnt say
'im okay'
Sometimes it means
'im trying to be  *brave...'
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