Aspire To Be
Meet yourself inside yourself, and merge the two entirely.
Gasping for air,
grasping my head,
hyperaware,
wish I was
decidedly kinder,
to the side of me
I always aspired to be.
But I barely recognize
What I’ve achieved.
I wish I could meet
Myself in the in-between.
The halfway point.
Have a heart to Heart,
A self to Self.
To tell that inner voice
how those insults felt.
And maybe she’ll listen,
and maybe she’d agree.
Maybe after everything we
could be collaborators
coexisting.
Build the future we wanted
when things hadn’t been divided,
before they became
decidedly meaner.
Maybe it’d affect my demeanor.
Maybe then I wouldn’t be gasping,
grasping,
trying to keep it all together.
I’d be free and collected,
simultaneously,
harmoniously.
Maybe that’s who I
aspire to be.
About the Creator
Caitlyn Wenzel
I don't live to write, I write to live.
Poetry is what I need in order to feel human again, and again.
Let me transform the unspeakable.
I hope my words can reach you.
- Caitlyn
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Wooohooooo congratulations on your honourable mention! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
amazing
Nic