Keeps me up at midnight.
I don't want to fit in
With the mighty
And the small people
I don't want to fit in
With the pretty
And the ugly people
I don't want to fit in
With the happy
And the sad people
I don't want to fit in
With the privileged
And the poor people
I don't want to fit in
With the loners
And the famous people
I don't want to fit in
With the norms
And the inherited rules
Heard, unheard
Seen, unseen
Deserved, underserved
I don't want to fit in
With the hellish
And the paradise people
I don't to want fit in
I want to hold that space
In between
I don't want to fit in
I want to fade into that space
Between heaven and beyond
I don't want to fit in
I want to be
Like I never existed
I don't want to fit in
I want to go home
Where none of us ever happened.
ALL CAPS
Some times
All I want to do
Is nothing
My head
hurts
My mind
Is empty
My heart
Is silent
My throat
Hurts
My eyes
Droop
My body
Won't sleep
My lungs
Won't breathe
My stomach
Hungers
My mouth
Won't eat
My tongue
Is tied
My lips
Are chapped
There's a lump
In my throat
My eyes
Won't cry
My mouth
Won't speak
My voice
Is so loud
In my head
A l o n e
My soul
Is screaming
Unheard
L o s t
Everything hurts
Nothing hurts
I can't breathe
I a m a m e s s
I a m s o t i r e d
Is this religion or God?
It is such a shame
That their hearts will never feel this full
Their veins will never tingle from this much love
Their ears will never hear the whispered letters of the Promise
Their noses will never catch this breath of fresh air, tinged with the sweetest and greatest of powers
Their eyes will never see the hope which beckons the miracles ahead
Their brains will never comprehend just how this universe was CREATED, and not a coincidence
Their minds will never be sated, utterly dependent on a Higher Power
They will get lost in their worries, amidst their demons
Their hearts void and veins, poisoned
Eternally, they will fear the roar of the flames
Shed scalding tears as they burn
Choke on the pungent smell of their disbelief
Feel very very small in a very very big world
Blinded by the lies their unfeeling hands and small minds have created
Their souls will rejoice as they leave such tainted bodies
But they will be the one to suffer
They will beg,
noisily, they will wish
Bitterly, they will regret
The souls, not the bodies
As they themselves are the sinners
But they will not be saved
As these are the consequences
Of their small minds, and they
Will pay, for a time that feels eternal
But is not, because He
Is Merciful and he will forgive
eventually
Living in Faith
It is amazing
How badly one heart can hurt
I feel like there is no way forward
That there's nothing at all
My future feels so far away
Yet so close that I can feel
Every passing second
Of this impending doom
And when they ask me if I'm okay
I nod because what else can I say?
They can't understand
Because they are the reason
I feel this weight
A stack of worthlessness
And despair laid upon
a bed of broken dreams
I want to take it off
Drown it all
In whatever numbing substance I can find
Because my other option is worse
I think it but I'm too much of a coward
And I also believe in God
And in Hell
& in everything that can take me there
Now I understand
Why people without Faith
Find it so easy
To end it all.
Midnights
I don't want to be alone
I don't want to be with people either
I just want to be with places
In places
with the memories that have been made
And the possibilities that still remain there
I just want to see the world
It's huge, isn't it?
The world?
It's the best feeling, isn't it?
To stand outside and look in?
So many people, I wonder what their stories are
I could walk and run, collecting them all
So many beautiful places, I could never see them all in one lifetime
But I could chase time like I hope to catch it
That sounds wonderful, doesn't it?
And maybe it's cowardly too
To stand outside and look in?
I never have to think about myself
So many people, why would one matter?
Maybe to you it might not be a life worth living
To never stay in one place long enough
To find love, build friendships, make families
Have babies, hate jobs, love money, know hurt
But that sounds wonderful, doesn't it?
Yes, it does
It sounds like
.........................Freedom
Except this world that I hope to see
It's built on paper, on money
I spread my wings, One flight
and I'm collapsing under the weight of expenses
.
.
.
.
.
.
Freedom is a mirage.
Love is scary when it’s true
If I'm useless
Why am I so tired?
If it was meaningless
Why am I caught in the fire
Of my not being selfless?
If I won't go far
Where's this place I've reached?
If we don't belong with the stars
What's the point of the pain we breached
Only to end up as scars?
If I don't know much
What are these things I know?
If you don't miss my touch
Why can you not grow
Out of this hatred you clutch?
If I will never know love
What were those promises in your eyes?
If you haven't known love
What's the point of these hurtful lies?
........
I made a mistake
I hurt you
I'm sorry
Don't be afraid
I love you.
He meant nothing.
I s w e a r
This is not Poetry
When I think about all the movies that made me cry
The fault in our stars, the in between
I want to love, and live like the people in them
And why should you call me a dreamer, and a fool
Is it anymore a fool's imagination than the God some believe in, and the same one some don't?
Is it anymore a dream than the infinity we use to describe miracles we can neither see nor prove?
Is it any less real because it's fiction?
When I think about lying underneath the sky
The galaxies, the light, the stars and clouds entwined
And see not the constellations some people claim
Are they any less real because I neither see nor believe them?
Are they any more fiction than miracles I believe unreal?
Is this life not no one's guess?
Is this poem not a complete mess?
I’m a Kid, not a Duty
You do a good job making me forget
how unkind you can be most times
all the manipulative little traps you set
how I wish I wasn't yours most times
broken and I can't
understand why I believe the words that come out your mouth everytime.
But I can't be yours, I swear I can't
You gave me life but I don't owe you anything
do I?
No, it's your job to care
but then I also don't wanna feel like a duty
no I don't
I want you to do it all cause you care
love me because you want
and not because you are the reason
I was born.
You do a good job making me forget
what you become when you don't get
all the things that you want
that you are the reason a part of me is broken and I can't
believe what a damn liar you are
and why I fall for it everytime.
But I can't be that again, I swear I can't
You can tell me lies but I don't have to believe them
do I?
No, it's not your job to care
but then I don't really believe
that you'll care at all if it weren't a duty
no I don't
I don't want you to do anything at all
don't care, don't love even if you want
because you are so damn toxic and make me wish I was never born.