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Who are you now

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By Rachel JacksonPublished 3 years ago 2 min read
Who are you now
Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash

Don’t wake me up if I want to sleep my life away.

I’ll just be another mistake to add onto the day.

I already know that I’ll never be good enough for anyone in this world.

Sometimes it hurts to think it’ll never go my way.

My future only holds everlasting pain.

I might as well be insane.

I’m exhausted and I’m lonely.

I’m lost and I’m jaded.

I don’t want to be found.

I gave my heart away too many times to take in anymore lies.

My tolerance is wearing thin and my bones are breaking in.

So forgive me if I won’t move on from what they did.

My sins have changed who I am.

So don’t ask me again.

Who are you now?

I still don’t know what I’m looking for but I can’t go back to the start.

Don’t ask, who are you now?

They betrayed my trust.

I’m done fighting back for what I want.

I can’t rely on finding the one.

Sometimes you’ve got to fail before you sail.

I’m gonna make it out of this hell.

Don’t wake me up because I hate who I am today.

So go ahead and just get your way.

But is this what I’m living for?

Everyone’s always wanting more.

Always taking what’s not their worth.

I just want out of the storm.

I always hate my own reflection.

It reminds me why I get rejected.

I question every move I make day by day.

I try too hard to be perfect but I never want to be fake.

So forgive me because I’ve began to care less and less that my mistakes have changed me.

So don’t ask me again.

Who are you now?

I still don’t know what I’m looking for.

But I can’t go back to the start.

Don’t ask, who are you now?

They betrayed my trust.

I’m done fighting back for what I want.

I can’t rely on finding the one.

Sometimes you’ve got to fail before you sail.

And sometimes before you really live, you got to believe I can change it all in the end if I try.

I feel in my heart it’s going to be alright.

When I open my eyes I hope that I can finally find who I am.

Who are you now?

sad poetry

About the Creator

Rachel Jackson

I’m from Texas and I am dog lover.

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