Living In The Mind's Cage

36.

From the sullied spirits, that were once good,
If they could take it back, they most certainly would,

The red, the mark,
Something they held onto, with all their hearts,

The burn, the sting,
Released feelings they bring,

The line, the flow,
Are we letting go?

We can't not yet,
It's not in our best interest,

We can be redeemed,
It's not as bad as it seemed,

We slipped we fell,
No one caught us, oh well,

We pick ourselves back up, or we never learn,
Even if it took, quite a few burns,

We went to the deep end, but it isn't the end,
The tears that shed for nothing, won't be again,

We are the broken, the liars, the nerds and the loud ones,
It's growing and growing, so what has begun?

We are the outcasts, or silent ones that fit in,
But we all have in common, of where we have been,

We fight day by day, baby steps,
We are silent, but let us not forget,

We have fallbacks, drawbacks, progress in places unseen,
We have our voice, small but it's there,
Hiding behind the smiles we beam,
So try to be more aware.

We are quiet, but the voices are loud,
On our shoulders hangs, the darkest of clouds,
But when they spread to the slightest of light,
We can sometimes catch a shimmer of a future that is bright.

A/N: Hi anyone reading this, if you are struggling, and you read this or previous poems, and you got triggered by the words, I do apologize, if you want to talk about it, I am here. If someone got offended from me using 'nerd' or one of the other ones or something else, I apologize for that as well, but society, which is us, use these types of words and aren't written in this type of way. They are said hurtfully whether face to face, dialogue in a book movies or something else, that wasn't my intention, I simply put, in a way,some labels people use for these types of situations. If there's anything else that could've been considered offending to anyone let me know. And those who understand what I'm really trying to say and/or like it, comment what you think. Vote if you really liked it and other people can find my book as well and help them with some things. I tried to be a little positive at the ending, but it's not really my scene. Anyways tell me of errors or if you want talk to me about this particular poem or just in general, I like feedback. Not sure when I'll update again, hopefully again this week if not the next.
Until then.

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