Free yourself

jazi41007

I'll take my poetry,

 

I'll take my music,

 

I'll take my art and leave

 

my troubles behind,

 

I'll see if I find, 

 

a way to release,

 

the pain that keeps me,

 

behind this door

 

where no light gets in,

 

I can't stand the darkness anymore

 

I'll take my sorrow

 

and break this glass,

 

It may be half full,

 

But it's not going to last.

 

I want to let go, 

 

but yet I hold on,

 

the worst thing about life, 

 

is that it goes on,

 

and on, 

 

and on, 

 

it never stops,

 

I've got one life,

 

I'll live to the fullest,

 

only because I've always known this

 

the universe, 

 

will take whatever it wants,

 

whenever it wants,

 

however, it wants,

 

and will never,

 

give it

 

back.

 

  • Author: jazi41007 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 25th, 2023 08:32
  • Comment from author about the poem: I wrote this poem after I realized that I was wasting my time trying to live up to everyone else's expectations. It really destroyed my mental health and because I'm a people pleaser it made me feel stuck in this little hole where I was being ignored and dismissed all the time. This sort of represents my new found resilience and also the very powerful effect the fine arts have on people.
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  • Thomas W Case

    Wow. Great job. I think it was Nietzsche that said, "Art is the very purpose of life."

    • jazi41007

      thank you for your feed back and I agree 🙂

    • Christina8

      Welcome to MPS! I loved your poem, and it's quite clear that you can't please everyone...Christina

      • jazi41007

        Thank you! and you are correct 🙂



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