Clueless and jealous
I feel like I'm constantly chasing after someone else's dreams, it's killing me.
I feel like I'm constantly following everyone else's directions,
I'm scared
They take a single step and I struggle to take a thousand after them
To exceed them
To spite them
They laugh in blissful joy
And I curse and frown in my head
Why are you smiling
I wish you suffering
They have perfect bodies, and they make sure to accentuate them.
I criticize and disregard mine
I am filled with so much disappointment and hate
They live a thousand times
And I struggle to take in air
I push against the enclosed walls
The falling facade
Barely surviving each day
I do not have my own definition of living.
About this poem
This poem is about my life and how I feel sometimes, viewing life as a competition and not a challenge, always fighting unending battles never getting a moment to truly breath and celebrate just live.
Written on February 25, 2018
Submitted by divinefebruary2003 on August 05, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 714 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 3, 5, 1 |
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