Week of Poems, attempt 1

Poem started at 23:33 on 19/7/25

 

I cannot be myself

While the world around me begs me for performance

I cannot heal

While the paying crowd are baying for some laughter

I cannot walk tall

While the recent past is weighing down my shoulders

I cannot breathe

While my broken heart is struggling to mend

What can I do?

When everything I try results in carnage

What can I say?

When everybody thinks they know the story

What can I be?

When all I thought I knew about me vanished

What can I become?

When every forward thought becomes a burden

Stop the thoughts of pain

Start the process

Stop holding myself back

Start the journey

Stop dying of embarrassment or guilt

Start living

STOP...

and START....