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Connections

December 13, 2018
By iyannam01 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
iyannam01 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
"Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."


I’m unsure of how to withdraw myself

And some parts of my heart is still afraid of people

Having withdrawals with oneself

Cause I’ve never been able to let go

It always starts with a hello

And now how can I accommodate to your life cause my hearts nice

Even if the people I cherish dearly don’t treat me right

And even if they do say 6 minutes of negative thoughts

Will shut down an immune system for 21 hours

My mind still continues strewing my thoughts like the 9/11 towers

Trying to remember even the negative so I won’t miss anything

Because I misplace everything

Like a ticking time clock

Forgetful

Same as a mind block

My gears forget everything

Some days even you

Always… Just a little bit of me too

Closed mouths don’t get fed

And a closed mind doesn’t have room to grow

But what happens if my hungers dead

And my minds a blow

How will I grow

As if I haven’t tried

walking with Gods words

It’s not that easy to Abide

I go on and on about myself within conversions

Hoping that someone might feel me and they’ll stay because we’ve built a foundation

But how can one stand my complications

Fated with the misunderstanding of I

Like the eyes that I have of myself doesn’t help my soul testify

How will they relate

I have so many affairs to speak of

They won’t have time to say what’s on their plate

Stuck with the casualties

The casualties

The casualties

I just keep remembering them

Like when it rains and you feel your faulty aching limbs


The author's comments:

This piece was written around a very bad time of my life. It was my junior year in highschool and i was having mutiple mental break downs and my grades were just spiraling down right along with my life. This poem brought me to a point of relief because I was unable to express my feelings to others but I was able to write it out and this is what it looked like on paper. 


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