As we get older
smiles get easier to fake
Tears get harder to hide
Everyone becomes what they promised they wouldn't
And you struggle to find you place
Amongst the mass of popularity obsessed, image upholding, cruel peers
All of them just trying to make it through alive.
High school changes people
Life changes people too
Lies and truths and pain
Happiness and anger and tears
We forget to make the best of these years
Too caught up in not letting them break us
Not falling prey to all of our biggest fears
Afraid of regrets
Working too hard for acceptance
Missing the moments that truly shine
But most of all
We don't see how these experiences
No matter how good
Or how bad
Are shaping, molding and making us
Into the people we become
when we come out the other end
Maybe we take too much for granted
And maybe we don't take enough for what it is
Contradicting ourselves at every turn
Not even realizing the impact
Of every little thing we do
Or say
Or feel
Until it's too late
Think more of ourselves than we should
Stress a little too much
Study a little less than we should
And in the end find out that it was all worth it
And we'd never change a thing
Because that would mean a different ending
And we're still young enough to be afraid of the unknown
Young enough to be afraid
And old enough to know why
Aren't we just walking paradoxes?
But we don't even seem to see it
The little things we throw away with ease
And them complain about how we missed out on them
When we could have held on a little tighter
We lose our grip and let go with ease
Not afraid of consequences until they come along
And suddenly we find that we're terrified
Why do we find it so hard to listen?
We always seem to want to talk back
Tell me to do something
And it's not getting done
Ask me nicely
And I'll forget all the same
You just can't win
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With Broken Wings (2013)
Poetry"Take these broken wings and learn to fly again." This is my own personal story of overcoming my demons and my grief. I define my recovery. ι'ℓℓ вє уσυя ѕнσυℓ∂єя тσ cяу ση, уσυя яσcк ωнєη уσυ'яє ησт ѕтяσηg ι'ℓℓ вє уσυя нєαят ωнєη ιт'ѕ вяσкєη, му α...
