jesse m

my mom told me i wasn’t good enough, that ruined me.

i needed to be tough, that ruined my childhood

i was told it didn’t matter if i understood.

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I wake to a world weighed down by gray,

A sun that rises but brings no day.

The air is thick, the silence deep,

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I am tired, I am torn,

Worn down by the endless storm.

Every step feels twice as steep,

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My pain

Some nights it hides, overcome by a persistent exhaustion

But when it chooses to makes itself known it claws at my very core. Tearing another hole in my fragile heart

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I am the voice that haunts my mind,

A heart consumed by endless blame.

I hate the face I cannot find,

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I am the hush behind closed eyes,
The breath that stalls, the truth that lies.
A shadow stitched with silent screams,
Unraveled seams of broken dreams.

The cold runs deep beneath my skin,
A war I wage

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The world is a jungle

Full of prey

Lions, Tigers,

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Perhaps I don’t exist in the future I’m so scared of,

Perhaps the world will continue on, with or without my love.

The sun will rise and set, a rhythm steady and true,

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Eyes made of fire,

Voices coming from the sea,

Heaven’s still is the only empire,

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