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I try to teach myself to stand on my own two feet But i don’t know how well i can anymore “Your grades are great” “You’re really pretty” “What do you have to worry about?” I have to worry about how long i can push myself and how much of that studying i have to do tomorrow because i can’t stay awake on four hours of sleep through another day I have to worry about how much this will bring down my grade compared to that because i don’t know how much homework i can force myself to do when i don’t even feel like leaving my bed I have to worry about talking to my boyfriend for at least thirty minutes just so he doesn’t think i don’t love him anymore I have to worry about sounding happy and looking happy and smiling happily and laughing happily I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PRETENDING TO BE HAPPY I have to worry about what to wear tomorrow And the next day And the next day because heaven forbid i come to school in my pajamas because i would loose all my social standing I have to worry about how long it takes me to make that shake in the morning so i have time to have SOMETHING, just SOME calories in the morning so people can’t say “that’s why you’re too skinny” and just enough to keep my stomach from sounding like a whale, because God, do i know how people love to laugh at that I have to worry about when i want to wear my makeup and when i don’t because i don’t want people to always expect makeup out of me but i still want to look nice I have to worry about how i do my makeup because oh do i know how too much for a normal day or a simple slightly off shade can make everyone see me as a terrible monster I have to worry about the color of my hair and the colors that i wear, does it bring out my eyes? who even cares? Me. Everybody. I have to look perfect i have to seem perfect my grades have to be perfect my outfits have to be perfect I have to be Perfect Ladies and Gentlemen, That is what i have to worry about
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 11:12 PM UTC
What I Have to Worry About
I try to teach myself to stand on my own two feet But i don’t know how well i can anymore “Your grades are great” “You’re really pretty” “What do you have to worry about?” I have to worry about how long i can push myself and how much of that studying i have to do tomorrow because i can’t stay awake on four hours of sleep through another day I have to worry about how much this will bring down my grade compared to that because i don’t know how much homework i can force myself to do when i don’t even feel like leaving my bed I have to worry about talking to my boyfriend for at least thirty minutes just so he doesn’t think i don’t love him anymore I have to worry about sounding happy and looking happy and smiling happily and laughing happily I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PRETENDING TO BE HAPPY I have to worry about what to wear tomorrow And the next day And the next day because heaven forbid i come to school in my pajamas because i would loose all my social standing I have to worry about how long it takes me to make that shake in the morning so i have time to have SOMETHING, just SOME calories in the morning so people can’t say “that’s why you’re too skinny” and just enough to keep my stomach from sounding like a whale, because God, do i know how people love to laugh at that I have to worry about when i want to wear my makeup and when i don’t because i don’t want people to always expect makeup out of me but i still want to look nice I have to worry about how i do my makeup because oh do i know how too much for a normal day or a simple slightly off shade can make everyone see me as a terrible monster I have to worry about the color of my hair and the colors that i wear, does it bring out my eyes? who even cares? Me. Everybody. I have to look perfect i have to seem perfect my grades have to be perfect my outfits have to be perfect I have to be Perfect Ladies and Gentlemen, That is what i have to worry about
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Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 at 11:12 PM UTC
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