Like how I reach out
towards the sky
ever-rising from
our hands
—I look at the traces
of chances handed out
by life and circumstance
and wonder—
why do I give to others
chances that I wasn't given?Like how I walk the path
laden with thorns and
built by beasts looking
to devour me
—I look at my faded tracks
that I took with
everything in me
and wonder—
why do I help others
pave their roads
when no one helps
me pave mine?Like how I crave for the time
so precious it wasn't
rewarded to me at all
— I look at the edges
of the blessings meant
for others thinking I deserve
a little bit of it too
and wonder—
why do I give the love
that I wasn't given at all?Like how I pour out my heart
on white sheets until
they turn black with
my thoughts and
the void of my soul
—I look at the view that
people enjoy out of
privilege and luck
and wonder—
why do I let others live
their life when I wasn't
living mine?
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�...