A Ghost In Life Can Only Fade Away

It’s so hopeless. 
I try so hard to be strong, because I know the people around me need somebody to be.
But how much stronger can I be when I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders. 
Peace is like a foreign concept to me. 
I’ve had fleeting moments of happiness, but without fail, are always followed by a storm of pain and suffering. 
When does it end? 
When do I get to cry on someone's shoulder? 
When will someone notice my pain without having to tell them? 
Hopelessness doesn’t even describe what I am feeling. 
I wake up in excruciating pain every morning and yet it goes unrecognized. 
You can’t see my pain.
Most of the time I can’t decide if it’s real or fake.
But it’s there.
What I wouldn’t give for someone to acknowledge my presence. 
Acknowledge a statement I made or a simple good morning back. 
Yet, without fail, my words flow through the earth like a wandering ghost, never 
to be seen or heard from again.
So, tell me, if I am to be a ghost while alive...


What would happen if I were to truly fade away?
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Agustin Avatar
March 21, 2022 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you."
Leffanta Avatar
March 16, 2022 at 11:30 AM
No need to rush life as "there is a season" so be patient and enjoy the moment! Aloha!
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