Breaking Down

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I'd never thought it'd happen to me

I guess we all think it would be the other person.

I never expected myelf to give up

I never thought I'd give in.

But here I am,

In the one position I was trying to avoid.

The one thing I didn't want.

I broke down, and I didn't win.

It got to be too much

the stress was eating at me

bit by bit, piece by piece.

is it too much to ask, for a day to rest in peace?

How does he sit there,

just laid back and without a worry in the world?

How do I do that?

Make myself the picture of ease?

I snapped like a twig

Worrying,

That I do the best

but somehow, I couldn't take it.

I broke down,

I cried,

I fell apart

and from the looks of it?

I don't think I'll make it.

I don't think I'll be the great person I want to be.

I don't think I'll make it to my later years.

I don't think I'll be able to live up to it...

Why do they believe in me?

It's not like I did anything special.

It's not like I try.

Really I just want to be a kid.

I think I grew up too fast.

I think they made me work too hard.

I can't just mindlessly forget.

I have to stand up, sit straight, work hard, and late, and that I did.

So...

Why?

Why do you expect me to be perfect?

When I'm so far from it?

Why do you expect the most of me.

And when I fail

you ask why I did.

Is that all I'm supposed to expect from this?

to be bossed around?

Be constantly told what to do?

I want to be the boss.

I want own the world!

If I could...

I'd make you see

I'm more than you thought I was.

but at the same time...I'm just a simple little girl.

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