I can't.
I CAN'T!
I cannot.
I've tried.
I'm trying.
I am TRYING.
The strain of the effort is taking my breath away.
You can depend on me.
(Please. Please don't depend on me)
It feels like this is it.
This is the time I fail.
Fail.
Failure.
They were right.
Right all along.
Failure.
Just waiting for it to happen.
Sure- it's taken a while but they/you knew it would happen.
No one will be surprised.
{Matter of time. It was a good effort tho}
Mouth smiling
Tears secret
Screams silent
Screams fill the inner quiet howling with
Laughter? Knowing? Inevitability?
It's there when I close my eyes.
There when I awake
Pressure
Expectations
Responsibility
Uncertainty
Insecurity
Round
Round and Round and Round
How to?
How to get off?
Where's that cord?
You won't see this
You won't read this
You won't know
Where's my horse?
Let's ride.
About the Creator
Judey Kalchik
It's my time to find and use my voice.
Poetry, short stories, memories, and a lot of things I think and wish I'd known a long time ago.
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