endurance

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i can't run long distance for shit.

so i've always said

"my endurance is bad"

when really it isn't

because of all the

defense mechanisms

i've developed over the years

and all the

hammering

hammering

hammering

that's happened to me.

and all the

suffering

in the wake of a hollow phrase,

"it'll get better"

but fuck you cuz

my world was fucking ending

and the only thing you had to say to me was

"it'll be okay."

you didn't care as much as you claimed

and while you left to drink until the sun came up

i was babysat by expectation

and suffocated by the nasty glares.

but all i could do was sit and be good

because otherwise i'm evicted from your life.

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