Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Poem: Normal Isn’t Mine to Hold

I no longer want love.

Once upon a time

maybe

but watching the internal collapse 

of my entire world 

snapped me out of the thought 

of living here happily ever after. 

I wish for the peace 

that being a living ghost 

of who I used to be 

can afford me. 

Slowly shrinking away from those 

I once knew

glancing back at memories 

Of living silently in my thoughts

And dancing in my dreams.

Let me live in my land of make-believe

just a little while longer 

where my heart can’t be broken 

by loving 

Or by living.

I would rather live in peace

live in the made-up world I create 

Instead of giving myself to someone else

Just for them to break.

There’s no beauty in the breaking 

when you’re used to being broken. 

There’s only so many times 

you can mend the wounds 

That someone else gave you

until you decide you rather live 

vicariously 

through made-up characters 

in the books you read 

and the worlds in which you create. 

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