Hard Knock Life

Rock bottom

By Alaine HayPublished about a year ago • Updated 12 months ago • 1 min read

Photo by Donald Giannatti on Unsplash

Desperate, devastated;

Determined, delinquent, disassociated!

Different, Defective!

DEFEATED! Discouraged;

Deflated, Disjointed.

Degraded! Disappointed!

social commentary surreal poetry slam poetry sad poetry heartbreak

About the Creator

Alaine Hay

Hesitantly optimistic, I feel my inspiration from my pain. An anxious, bipolar single mom, trying to somehow raise a well rounded teenage girl! Lol.Trying to gain wisdom through my downfalls, and spread hope through my success, despite them

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Keep reading

More stories from Alaine Hay and writers in Poets and other communities.

Rebirth
Rhiley, rebirth; Reincarnation, restoration! Reality, realization, Reborn, renewed; Regeneration!
By Alaine Hayabout a year ago in Poets
I Should Have Asked For Better
Here is Bab's unofficial challenge piece: *** I kept asking for December because it's the only time I remembered the season matched my state of mind
By Alexandria Stanwyck3 days ago in Poets
Umbra
Eternity began when we kissed under the stars Creating an everlasting truth of our Love, burning and burning In the night sky,
By Katheleena day ago in Poets
Two Small Bags of Petzels and She Was Gone
The Flight Attendant handed me two small bags of pretzels from her aisle cart and smiled sweetly... ... then was sucked cleanly out through the gaping hole in the bulkhead.
By Joe Luca4 days ago in Fiction

Hard Knock Life

Rock bottom

About the Creator

Alaine Hay

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

Comments

Keep reading

Rebirth

I Should Have Asked For Better

Umbra

Two Small Bags of Petzels and She Was Gone