i keep slipping behind
day by day
all my peers running marathons
while i can barely walk.
marriage, babies, careers.
it all seems so far away for me,
yet so close for everyone else.
how can someone be both twelve
and twenty two all the same?
why is that child still here within me
while my friends are raising their own.
my friends are on their final relationship
when i haven’t even started my first.
what makes me so behind?
i run and i run and i run
but everyone is faster.
no matter how much my lungs burn
and my legs ache…
i will always stay behind.
About the Creator
caylynn
canadian. adhd. lgbtq+.
writing brings me joy! if you read anything i post on here, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
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