The impatience will
eventually kill me
—just waiting for
the good things to come
with no promise of it
ever being true—
and I wait and wait
—talked to people who
got there and gave me
false oaths that
good things are my wayUntil when? Up to what
moment in time?
How long should I have
to scrounge the mountains
of leftovers—eating what's
thrown by the people
from the higher ladders?I have thought rubbish
is what I deserved but
after an era of believing
—where did that get me?
Nowhere—almost the same
as believing that somewhere
in the hall of stars and fame
there's a place for me
All hopes get me nowhere
—I see that now as one
would take years to realizeUntil when? Up to what
point in forever should
I ride up to some peak?
How long should I keep
hoping I'll reach it and
how long before it becomes
clear that I won't?I have thought of that
a million times over
—a dozen millions, in fact—
and I've come to realize now
that it's the hoping
—not the waiting—
the hoping for things
to get better—
that's what's going
to eventually kill me
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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�...