I Am Worth The Tears

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Lost in my own poetry

I find myself

Trying to figure out

The right way to say things,

Warmed,

By the ashes

Of dead life.

And I get the feeling

That everyone searches for...

A release, from reality --

Bragging to myself

That it is the feeling

That only a free man

Can feel,

As I recognize

The difference between

What I do for a living

And what I do to live...



You try to convice yourself

That things have changed

For the better, while stalling...

Waiting for that one candle wish...

But I've been bullied by my tears

To the point where I just can't take it

Anymore...

Isn't that the way it goes though???

Life presents many paths...

And you choose the one towards freedom

Only to realize that freedom,

Is not free

It's only a state of being free...

And it was always there...

And the years have been so long

But as we come to the end,

Somewhere in the space between

Right and wrong

There is a feeling of accomplishment

And completion --



And lost --

In my own poetry

Trying to figure out

The right way to say things

Warmed,

By the ashes

Of dead life.

I get the feeling,

That I...

Am worth the tears.

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Ruth Lovejoy's picture

I too turn to writing when things seem routine or can't be immediately changed,when anger sorrow or void entail the moment, when overwhelment has no answer.Yes I too turn to writing. I like to write of beauty but not all things of life are beautiful though most are. Either way writingis the one freedom we all have to turn to......

fighter4life's picture

This is a very nice poem, I like it a lot.