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 lifetimeI've been here for too long
that I've said every word
expected from me
and reached for more skies
than I ever could dareI'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 eternalBut 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 importantI'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
YOU ARE READING
a symphony of stars, a cacophony of wishes.
Poetry❝𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯❞ ˜"*°•˜"*...