I'm there, but invisible.
I think that I'm invincible.
But I'm no Iron Man.
I try to be a Green Lantern
In a room full of Red Lanterns.
But trying is never enough.
Trying is never good enough.
Rage-filled regret
Strength-radiated reliance.
They call me devoted
Little do they know,
I've just deviated
From them all.
They tell me not to
Put up a fake front
A façade of sorts.
But I have to
To hide my scars
And shattered mind.
To say that
I'm good
When I'm not
Like aspiring to be
Like Atlantis
A picturesque paradise
An upsized utopia
An insecure phobia.
We were born
Into this world
Told that we were meant to
Change it.
Told that we were
Superheroes and princesses.
But I'm no Superman.
I'm a Sentry at war
With my own self
With those around me
With my own mind.
The happiness that I see
Is one that I cannot bear
Like Batman re-living
Past deaths in his lair.
I live it everyday
Feet full of lead
Like Doomsday and Superman
Here I lay,
On the ground,
Dead.
Apr 14, 2018
Apr 14, 2018 at 12:23 AM UTC
I'm there, but invisible.
I think that I'm invincible.
But I'm no Iron Man.
I try to be a Green Lantern
In a room full of Red Lanterns.
But trying is never enough.
Trying is never good enough.
Rage-filled regret
Strength-radiated reliance.
They call me devoted
Little do they know,
I've just deviated
From them all.
They tell me not to
Put up a fake front
A façade of sorts.
But I have to
To hide my scars
And shattered mind.
To say that
I'm good
When I'm not
Like aspiring to be
Like Atlantis
A picturesque paradise
An upsized utopia
An insecure phobia.
We were born
Into this world
Told that we were meant to
Change it.
Told that we were
Superheroes and princesses.
But I'm no Superman.
I'm a Sentry at war
With my own self
With those around me
With my own mind.
The happiness that I see
Is one that I cannot bear
Like Batman re-living
Past deaths in his lair.
I live it everyday
Feet full of lead
Like Doomsday and Superman
Here I lay,
On the ground,
Dead.
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