a girl with crinkling eyes
and pearly white teeth
is what they would see
whenever they looked at me.i was always laughing
and seemingly carefree,
but that was not
what my true reflection
was turning out to be.i pretended to belong as
it was all i had ever known,
when in reality all i desired
was to be left alone.i yearned to escape
this shallow life
i had come to reside,
and every living soul
would fail to notice
how truly broken
i was inside.one day i found myself thinking
'if only i carried a set of wings',
maybe then i could have finally
abandoned this vicinity
of deluded friends
and aspiring kings.at times i found myself
afraid of my own shadow,
constantly on the brink of insanity,
hoping and praying that today
would be the ultimate tomorrow.utterly terrified of the path
my mind begged me to follow,
i embraced the one act
i already knew everyone would
wholeheartedly swallow.i put on that ever so blinding smile
the world had come to believe,
they did not realize
that this was the day
i would finally take my leave.
YOU ARE READING
BEFORE THE STORM
Poetry𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖽𝗌? | 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗉𝗁𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝖼 © 2019 |