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Poem: Try


I wrote this when I had lost all hope, when I thought I had nothing to look forward to. When holding onto to hope that everything will be fine was the toughest thing I ever did. But if waiting was the price I had to pay for what I know in hindsight was to come I can now attest to it that it was worth every second of it xo


29th April 2022, 06:05


When the world starts slipping

I spew words I can’t undo

Crawling in quicksand

trying not to stop breathing


I shout I scream I cry

But only in my dreams

away from wraiths

away from mates


A baby in the womb

in a solitary cocoon,

Robbed of innocence

unarmed to fight my battles


I try I try I try

But it’s not enough

It’s never enough

I don’t know what do say and do


Claws on my chest

A hand rips through my ribs

Ink splattered across the white floor

Tainting me and shutting every door


Dusk till dawn

under the duvet

with a restless mind

an anxious heart

Prayers of mercy

and medicine


Morning came

with a promise of patience

I try to breathe

I have been trying for so long damn it

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