142 | i've been here

4 1 0
                                    

I've been here for too longthat I've seen everythingI've had to seeand felt what I never imaginedI'd feel in my lifetime

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

I've been here for too long
that I've seen everything
I've had to see
and felt what I never imagined
I'd feel in my lifetime

I've been here for too long
that I've said every word
expected from me
and reached for more skies
than I ever could dare

I've been here for too long
that I've set aside
everything I've ever
felt to be temporary
and embraced things
I've ever thought to be eternal

But even then,
I've been here for too long
that I've ruined my voice
shouting into an endless void
—blacked my eyes out from
staring into the darkness
that enveloped me
—bled my veins for something
that I thought to be important

I've been here for too long
that I've heard of every word
spoken back to me
for ages and ages hence
and tasted the sweet pleasures
and bitter truths through
the cracked, brittle lens
I've been here for too long
to have done everything
just to be heard
through the haze, endless
and for too long
I'm only ever met with silence

a symphony of stars, a cacophony of wishes.Where stories live. Discover now