Taking on the world
One crazy event,
After another with
nothing phases me.

Moving on my own.
No help. Just me.
Drove six hours
For a new life.

Life's a hectic place.
I’ve grown up in
this ****** up world
taking on hardships.

Like heart breaking into
a million pieces, crying over
someone who never truly,
gave a ****.

Listening to parents
bicker back and forth.
Hating each other’s guts,
forced to choose a side.
Even at eight
I knew it was wrong.

Standing up for myself
In front of my father.
Showing I can be on
my own, without any
help.

Then, mother of all
roadblocks hits. The worry
that the task has become
too difficult to achieve.

Study hard and you
can set your mind to
do anything, they all say.
But they don’t factor in
life’s hectic role.

Worries pile on:
"What if?"
"What about this?" Or
“How can I change so I can make this work?”

Sometimes you can’t
change. It’s all in the mind.
It can be too much pressure
onto the person you
want to be.

I always question,
Could I handle the pressure?
Could have I made the time?
Could I make it in this world
of storms and threats?

My dream’s the same.
I am helping others, but
is that the way I want to help?