People would ask me
what is it that I do best
and they're looking for
answers they wanted to hear
—something about hope
happiness and positivity—
things I know I'm not
cut out forPeople would ask me
who I am and what I represent
and they're looking
for answers they want more of
—someone about peace
dreams, and success—
people I know I am not
nor would ever bePeople would ask me
questions that would define
who I am to their meager minds
—they recoil when I say
the things I do best
are despair, hopelessness,
negativity—
things that wouldn't help
anyone except drown them
in their own fearsPeople would ask me
who I am that would set
how much distance they're
willing to put between us
—they run away when I say
that I am
truth without all the sweetness,
death without any mask, and
the void without the fall
needed to reach the bottom
—things that show the soul
what it lacked and what
it didn't becomePeople would ask me
who I am and what
I do best
—and I answer—
I am dread,
I am death
Dying and putting
myself back together
without stitches
—these things I do best
YOU ARE READING
an adjournment of scars, an endearment of stitches
Poetry❝𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢�...