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in and out

May 9, 2023
By Anonymous


Band-Aids on my legs 

Even  though there is no blood 

Covering my zebra skin 

from the Lions that eyes are darker than the black hole 


Every time I walk into those damn halls

 it feels like if one mistake

 would make me a crumpled paper 


Putting makeup on to not show 

the sleepless nights 

of bees buzzing in my brain 


Telling me you have grown taller than a tree

 your smiles wider than the space

 but you still keep replaying your past like a broken record 


I used to ask why me?

Why does my life have to become a roller coaster

 haven't I given enough?


I have to live with zebra skin

And a chain on my leg

Beg for my life


But the pain will never go away

Afraid that i won’t wake up another day

Pray to god that he can save me 


God says life is a piece of cake

All you get is heartbreak

Can’t you see nothing is wrong with me?


I just wanna be free

Just please help me find the key

Or i will never leave 


Can’t a boy be loved?

Crying on the floor creating a river

Why can’t I get better?


I cover my zebra skin

When you see my battle scars 

What do you see me or my zebra skin?


The author's comments:

Hi I am MJ and I am writing about my life though out high school. I deal with alot of pain in high school but at the end I am proud who I am now. I want people to know that they aren't alone with their problems and Everything is going to be ok.


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