Stubborn Or Stupid
Fragility Feels The Same
The way is fragile
The lines are hard
Life, it's a battle
Giving calico scars
I remember the beginning
Don’t know when it slipped away
Sent my head spinning
Into the decay
They'd say, never grow up
But always show up, was spun
You can never give up
You know now, that’s a tough one
On the cusp of letting go
Maybe throwing in the towel
Riding this merry-go round
With my demons on the prowl
Wearing the mask, twenty-four-seven
Can't stand to look underneath
Want to believe in heaven
But the truth is baring its teeth
You're standing on the outside
Watching flashbacks of your life
Recalling when you were inside
Once a contender in the fight
Now you're the has been
Who never really was
The banished ugly duckling
Declawed and exposed by your flaws
Go on and jump
No-one is watching
Stop caressing the cusp
It's the unknown that is shocking
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Kelli Sheckler-Amsden
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Comments (5)
This line is perfection, 'Giving calico scars'. Loved it all :)
Great flow and use of rhyme! Thought provoking piece, Kelli!
I definitely understand this feeling and thought process.
Very well said.
Good work. One must love oneself first then others if I read the poem right.