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Unwanted

So Tired of Feelings

By Alisha Wilkins ✒️🦋🖋️Published 2 years ago 2 min read
Unwanted
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Disappointment

Anger

Breaking point

Waiting

~

Breaking another piece of my soul

As if I’m not already broken

Stuck

I’ve moved past the pain of him

But I can’t see past the pain of myself.

It’s so…

Words can’t even describe

Pain

Like a knife to the back

If it didn’t hurt

I wouldn’t know how to feel

Holding on to hope

Is just more pain

Who knew that I’d have room left to feel

I didn’t know there was anything left for me to give

And to be stomped on and shoved away

Forgotten…

Unwanted…

~

So tired of feelings

Of feeling unheard

Of feeling like second best

When will I get the chance to be a first?

When will I learn to put myself first?

I’m starting to hate feelings

Hate how vulnerable feelings make me

Hate how unappreciated I feel

How alone life feels

Does anyone still believe in me?

Because I don’t

I don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel

I just see the never-ending darkness

Collapsing in around me again

I’m so tired of feeling hurt, depressed, unwanted

I’m tired

I want to run and hide

Escape the misery suffocating me.

Another day of not being okay

Another day of feeling defeated

There’s no more breaking

I’m already a broken mess

Thrown about on the floor

The pieces of my spirt have been kicked around

I just want to feel dead on the inside,

So that nothing matters.

I don’t want to feel anything anymore

~

There’s no hero in today’s story

There’s no happy ending

I’m sitting amongst the dirt

Feeling the soil in between my toes

Lingering against my skin

Inviting me to find a way to fill in the hole that’s just past my feet.

I might be able to dig my way out of the grave

But the pain and misery are lingering like a horrible film

I don’t feel worth the time of day

Crying has eased a little of the ache in my chest

But it hasn’t stopped the pain

The shame,

The horrible feelings of nothingness,

~

Will I ever escape,

Not so long as I keep one foot in the grave

It’s a deep fall

A solid wall of pain and agony

Alone

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About the Creator

Alisha Wilkins ✒️🦋🖋️

I've been writing my whole life. Writing about realms to escape in, forbidden characters to fall in love with, and using writing as my muse and refuge. Recently, I've delved into the mind...mine and others. Happy Reading. Wishing you well.

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