the fear
is suffocating
the anger
is motivating
the sadness
is paralyzing
what do you do
when you’ve been doing
your best
and it’s still
not enough?
what do you say
when you know you’re
beaten down
and nothing will
change their minds?
my eyes are tired
of being dry and puffy
my brain is tired of
feeling like cotton
nose is tired of stuffy
throat is tired of lumpy
but mostly i am
just tired
please
all i want
is silence
so complete
and still that
even the ringing
in my ears
quiets
just a little
bit of peace
to reestablish
a connection
from the crossed wires
between my ears
a warm
hazy feeling
beginning to
grow up through
my stomach and
sprout blooms
into my
chest cavity
i don’t want to
live on the run
anymore
on the run?
but all you do
is work and sleep
exactly
i’m on the run
from the rest
of my life
the only place i
feel at home anymore
is a little blue car with
his hand in mine
i’m safe there
we go places
that take me
away from it all
but i always have
to go and ruin it
don’t i?
muddy footprints
on the door
streaks on the window
balled up napkins
propelled by tears
and emotions
onto the floor
i don’t want to be
taken care of
i want to grow
unhindered
up the wall like
the ivy that climbs
fill the lawn of my life
with endless may violets
not the mat
in the floorboards
with trampled debris
of leaves and winter wet
under someone’s
cold feet
i am my own
worst critic
though not my
only critic
but i am the one
i must listen to
in the still after
i’ve locked the doors
i’m the one that
keeps myself from
complete
peace and quiet
i can understand
people and why
they might not
like me
but it’s harder
to understand
why i can’t
like myself
but please
oh please don’t
put me under
a public microscope
please don’t turn
the far side of this
counter into some
kind of fishbowl
because i swear
i am doing my best
but it’s hard and
i can’t handle the
feeling of being
watched
all i want is
peace and quiet
a house
that feels like home
to come back to
at the end of the day
and the only
vicious voice
i must fight
to be my own
Apr 19, 2019
Apr 19, 2019 at 8:35 PM UTC
the fear
is suffocating
the anger
is motivating
the sadness
is paralyzing
what do you do
when you’ve been doing
your best
and it’s still
not enough?
what do you say
when you know you’re
beaten down
and nothing will
change their minds?
my eyes are tired
of being dry and puffy
my brain is tired of
feeling like cotton
nose is tired of stuffy
throat is tired of lumpy
but mostly i am
just tired
please
all i want
is silence
so complete
and still that
even the ringing
in my ears
quiets
just a little
bit of peace
to reestablish
a connection
from the crossed wires
between my ears
a warm
hazy feeling
beginning to
grow up through
my stomach and
sprout blooms
into my
chest cavity
i don’t want to
live on the run
anymore
on the run?
but all you do
is work and sleep
exactly
i’m on the run
from the rest
of my life
the only place i
feel at home anymore
is a little blue car with
his hand in mine
i’m safe there
we go places
that take me
away from it all
but i always have
to go and ruin it
don’t i?
muddy footprints
on the door
streaks on the window
balled up napkins
propelled by tears
and emotions
onto the floor
i don’t want to be
taken care of
i want to grow
unhindered
up the wall like
the ivy that climbs
fill the lawn of my life
with endless may violets
not the mat
in the floorboards
with trampled debris
of leaves and winter wet
under someone’s
cold feet
i am my own
worst critic
though not my
only critic
but i am the one
i must listen to
in the still after
i’ve locked the doors
i’m the one that
keeps myself from
complete
peace and quiet
i can understand
people and why
they might not
like me
but it’s harder
to understand
why i can’t
like myself
but please
oh please don’t
put me under
a public microscope
please don’t turn
the far side of this
counter into some
kind of fishbowl
because i swear
i am doing my best
but it’s hard and
i can’t handle the
feeling of being
watched
all i want is
peace and quiet
a house
that feels like home
to come back to
at the end of the day
and the only
vicious voice
i must fight
to be my own