You all glanced to me
An emptiness to eyes
A forgiveness to be
But I do not forgive
Lest I condone
All that has transpired
The light unshown
In the depths of despair
As I waved goodbye
I vomited thanks
But that was a lie
My mind forgets
The body still aches
I'm not sorry yet
My health comes first
New spark swallowed
No toxic comments
To make me hollow
I'm never coming back
Gossip for pleasure
You never knew
My worth measured
Nor the pain you gave
The students are bright
Treat them like adults
I'm just a dim light
Who taught them everything
Pretend to be heroes
Blame it on stress
You all I know
I plan to forget
So much drama
Talk as if I was deaf
Halls lined with trauma
Y'all said I was unnecessary
So I left
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Cacti & Paper Airplanes
PoetryDeep collection of prickly sweet poems and songs. Topics range from friendship and exploring the life of inanimate objects to murder, greed, and death. Darker tone emerges later in the collection. Cheers!
