when change is forced upon a guarded heart

H. Jordan

 

I don’t feel much of anything right now

Or maybe its that I feel to much

Its overwhelming me

Drowning me

It feels like there’s a hole in my body 

A gaping wound in my chest

I’m crushed by expectations I have placed on myself

I’m tortured by change that has yet to happen

But I know it’s inevitable 

I try to distract myself

Fling myself into another world

Another reality

It worked for a couple hours 

But how can I continue like this

I feel something akin to fear, sadness, and loneliness all at the same time

I can’t do this alone

I feel such a pull to tell someone

Anyone

I almost did the other day

But distrust and worry got the better of me

I didn’t want to kill the mood

But I just want someone to hug me

Tell me everything is ok

That what I’m feeling is normal

That my emotions are valuable 

That they mean something in this huge, unending universe

I’m not doing well today

I feel like I’m going to collapse 

Melt right into the floor

Disappear 

Sometimes I want to peel my skin off 

Be free from my body

I’m so sick and tired of this

The change is coming closer with every word I’m writing

And somehow, I’m only now realizing that change arrived a long time ago

It’s just solidifying now

Becoming something permanent 

I don’t know what to do anymore 

I’m so sick of this

I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this I hate this

I want to go back

Back to when I was so obliviously sure of everything

But time won’t let me

I want to scream and cry but the tears won’t leak out of my face 

God save me from this torture

Help me let go of these feelings that are making it impossible to speak

To move

To live

I know others definitely have it worse

And yet that doesn’t lessen my pain

It feels like a prison of my own making

What will happen to me now

Im scared

Im tired

Im feeling everything so strongly

Yet I don’t feel anything at all

  • Author: H. Jordan (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 17th, 2022 17:18
  • Comment from author about the poem: change is a hard thing to tackle especially when you're not used to it. more importantly when you feel you have no one to talk to about it. this was me when I was starting to apply for college and realizing that my childhood was starting to end.
  • Category: Sad
  • Views: 14
  • Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek, Sophenia
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  • tallisman

    Change is inevitable, and most painful on the cusp of adulthood. It’s like all your support network is falling away. In fact it’s usually still there but your expectations change….good write!

  • L. B. Mek

    numbed: Raw
    from
    being overwhelmed
    by it all..
    (great job
    you did well, to empty it all
    and let Poesy, help
    carry some of your load)
    'we Must
    Utilise
    our Art!'
    exemplary, thanks for sharing
    keep digging, keep excavating
    keep striving for that
    introspection, self-emancipation
    hope
    I see you, on that ragged path
    dear Poet

    • H. Jordan

      thank you so much! I always enjoy your literary perspective on my poems!

    • Sophenia

      This poem is an exact reflection of how I am feeling. Change feels scary, but I also know deep within that I deserve it. But it's not easy to speak the words I am feeling. Thank you for sharing this wonderful poem!

      • H. Jordan

        Of course! I'm so glad that my poem spoke to you. emotions are not easy:)



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