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The Illusionist

January 5, 2017
By ZachB17 BRONZE, Oil City , Pennsylvania
ZachB17 BRONZE, Oil City , Pennsylvania
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Who can change the future?

Who could erase the chalkboard?
Who could even dare to defy the past?

 

I may act strong,
However on the inside,
I am but the weakest of wimps.

 

There are my walls also,
A mighty fortress they seem-
Instead merely a paper model.

 

I could drone on about how

I'm just another depressed teenager.

But there isn't a single soul who would believe me.

 

Because that's what I do.
I put on a mask and wear it.
Until I realize it could never last.

 

All the lies.
All the secrets.
All the charades.

 

That's when I begin again,
Erasing all of my old friends.
Erase even the hint of a memory.

 

But who am I kidding?
After years of doing this,
It keeps getting harder to begin again.

 

After doing this for so long,
I keep wondering,
Who I even am?



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