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tryhard Dec 2018
i do not know
to be honest
what or who i am
or what i should be
i know not
why i am here
or any other reason
to stay a little longer
but what i find
just as hopeful
is i still do
despite not knowing
i am fighting
for a cause i cannot yet name
i am searching
without the assurance of finding
something is keeping me here
in the pointlessness of everything
and i do not why
but i am staying here
and as you can see my entire life is an existential crisis
tryhard Dec 2018
why
at times
i have to remind myself
i am here
right now
i exist
in a million possible times
in a million possible places
in a million possible bodies
i am here
and so
i am struggling
trying to find the why
trying to find a reason
of all the possible times
of all the possible places
of all the possible bodies
sometimes i do not understand
why now
why here
why me
tryhard Dec 2018
there is no redemption for the hopeless
let me hang my head in shame
there is no redemption for the hopeless
these wounds at least let me feel pain

after the battle leave me here to die
i never deemed myself a hero or a knight
why can't you see i cannot win this fight
this coward's only weapon is to hide

there is no redemption for the hopeless
let me accept my defeat
there is no redemption for the hopeless
i lost when i tried to cheat

let me suffer here for all my sins
grace no longer has a place for this monstrosity
i am sentenced a lifetime of being me
the lashings give it all away on my skin

there is no redemption for the hopeless
it took me a while to see
that there is no redemption for the hopeless
because the real enemy here is me
aka me being extra
tryhard Dec 2018
me and you
you and i
we didn't notice
time fly by
you fell for me
and i for you
but both of us
we never knew
you and i
me and you
tryhard Dec 2018
but what do i say
to someone who
so effortlessly takes
the air in my lungs away?
tryhard Dec 2018
i see you
when you think no one is looking
lost in your thoughts
you are sinking
let me be your anchor
you will stay ashore
you don't have to drown
not anymore

you are building
a wall to hide yourself in
when you think no one can break it
i will climb my way in
are you protecting yourself
or caging yourself in
this is no way to live
making a prison out of your skin

are you screaming
but no one seems to hear
are you begging for help
swallowed by your fears
when the silence is deafening
and you can't hold back the tears
i am here
i hear you loud and clear

there is no shame
in saying what you're going through
you think you're all alone
but i'm right here beside you
please don't shut yourself in
what good does that do
you don't have to be afraid
i'll go through this with you
*also titled: "things i wish someone else would tell me"
  Dec 2017 tryhard
Shel Silverstein
Tell me who can
Catch a toucan?
Lou can.

Just how few can
Ride the toucan?
Two can.

What kind of goo can
Stick you to the toucan?
Glue can.

Who can write some
More about the toucan?
You can!
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