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A Poem About Trying

Like a greedy vulture, I pecked at my skin

What is there to accept?

Is it the discoloured patches where plump red blush had settled before?

Rosy and full of life, I will mourn for my past self.

Is it the falling strings of hair giving up on embracing my tired neck?

A backbone that has defied its own purpose.

 

In a world of exchange and sharing

Nature has found a place in me

My soul reconciles with the desire to bloom

But my body is dwelling in its ashy winter days

 

Between the night and day

Find me halfway deciding where to go,

It will either be aspiring to be the sun

or waiting for the end to die with the moon.

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Written by
betweenthelines
Published
Jul 21, 2014
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14·123
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I have finally written something after weeks of mental exhaustion

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#love#feelings#depression#sadness#trying#selflove#acceptance
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