Am I Selfish?

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Am I selfish?

I am selfish.

I am selfish because I want one day of my life to go as I plan it.

I am selfish because I am trying to be selfless.

I am selfish because I know what I should be thinking but I am thinking something else.

I am selfish.

A distasteful sour feeling of tingles in the end of my tongue and I try to swallow it down, to end its existence and pretend I never tasted it.

I am selfish.

I try to be a better person, to help other people and put myself last. But am I selfish for trying too hard to do this? Shouldn't be natural?

I am selfish.

I am struggling.

I am in pain.

I don't want to be myself anymore.

I want to dream a maladaptive daydream.

I want to be somebody else.

Somebody perfect.

I want everything to fall into place.

I want the girl I love to love me back.

I want everything to be how it was before.

I want to know where my life is going.

I want something good to come from my life.

But instead I drift.

I am thinking about myself again.

I am selfish.

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