I lost count of how many times
I've had people slip out of
my grasp—be it because of me
or a mistake that tore us apart—
it's bound to happen eventually
and like I realized it—
it doesn't get any easier
—you just get used to itI lost count of how many lives
I wished I had and how many pains
I longed to remove from my system
—be it because of me being trapped
in a hole I dug myself or because of
a shortcut I took thinking it would
get me to the better things—
it doesn't get any easier
—you just get used to itI lost count of how many pieces
of me I lost with every grief
I've yet to face—be it from a time
missed and gone or from a promise
uttered yet broken—it's bound to
happen because it's the truth of life
we don't yet know—
it doesn't get any easier
—you just get used to itI lost count of how many deaths
I lived through with time leeching
off my youth and my will to keep going
—be it because of the race I keep running
only to fail or the plain anxiety of
having to suffer day by day—
it doesn't get any easier
—I just got used to it
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�...