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I Tried

I am Tired

By Cassiie EtiennePublished 6 years ago 1 min read

I have tried and tried and tried and I'm tired...

I am sorry. Please Please, let me go.

I'll do anything.

Expected, so much is expected

from me and I feel this burden

that I must be all they want me to be.

And I have gone many many years

filling that void that other people

have inside of them, while

the void in me grows and grows.

I am tired, so tired.

But if I think of myself,

I am the bad guy.

if I think of my own happiness,

I am the bad guy.

If I control my own life,

I am the bad guy.

If I do thing differently,

I am the bad guy.

Well maybe it's time to be the bad guy...

performance poetry

About the Creator

Cassiie Etienne

28 years old. I have been writing for as long as I could remember. For some reason writing was the only way I could express myself when I was younger and it still is one of the best ways I express myself.

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