Not Enough

I can't always make my words sound nice

Because pretty things can look like lies

But I want to express the truth in rhyme

And if it requires more effort, I'll take the time

Sometimes my world feels like a maelstrom

Where all the bad things come from

And my hands and legs are knotted behind me

My tongue is tied to muffle my desperate plea

As I'm tossed thoughtlessly in the ocean

And circling around is a shark fin

I'm gasping for any breath

Because I'm not ready for death

And in my struggling haze I see

Someone who might be like me

And I'm drowning and that shark is still there

But you have a knife and some time to spare

You can't reach your own bondages

But you saw at mine with the knife's edges

But as much as I don't want to die

Maybe I think my existence is a lie

And illusions don't deserve to survive

When there are more deserving souls to revive

So i grab the knife and I ignore the red

That seeps from the gash, the first blood shed

And I flip the knife to reach the hilt

Starting to work on your ropes ridden with guilt

Because here we are in a deadly sea

With a shark circling us, just you and me

And I know I can never be enough

What's ever enough for an opponent this tough?

But I'll try until I can't try any more

I'll try until I've washed up on shore

Because that's the only way this ends

With my lifeless body on a beach covered in sand so it blends.

And a note pinned to my forehead with two words:

Not Enough.