I will never (work in progress) By aldo kraas, www.PoetryPoem.com/poet11586 Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime
I will never be beautiful
In the way that it counts
I know this to be true
I have looked at my own face in the mirror only to watch myself break down in tears
I have scrubbed at the imperfections until my skin was raw and painful
Still they did not go.
I will never be engaging
In the way that it matters
I do not have fun stories to make others laugh
I'm often much too quiet
My mouth does not curve up in a smile
For my teeth are much to embarrassing to show
I will never be normal
My mind is too far jumbled with words unsaid
My voice is timid and soft
I don't have anything interesting to say
I will never be simple
My emotions run rampant through my awkward body
They tear me open until my insides are convulsing, clawing away from the light
Until they become numb and cold again
I will never be okay
Some parts of me will always doubt
They will always question motives and tones and words and expressions and faces and actions
They will never let mymind at ease with possibilities
I will never be unafraid
Uncertain future
I'll never know what's lying in wait for me
and yet somehow I manage to push through
one small sliver of who I am into everything I do
I will never be these things
but I will always be myself.
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