Excuse Me

Excuse me while I cry myself to sleep at night.
Having dreams of happiness this I will never find. 
Worlds come to life under a blanket of night. 
A tragic reality I will never reach. 
Excuse me while I apologize for living,
Because I don't feel as if I have a right
To breathe the same air as you. 
Slow shaky breaths are all I get. 
Excuse me while I turn everything I touch
To ruins. 
Gifted with the wrong Midas touch.
Excuse me while I write these words 
Knowing that I will be the only one to read them.
Beating my head against a wall for all the ways I
Said I was okay, when I wasn't. 
Excuse me while I silently kill myself
Because I'm scared of going back to the
Hospital and speaking up. Not 
Because of what people would say but,
Because I can't bear to see that
Look in your eyes again.
The look of wasted money. 
Excuse me while I waste my life writing 
Poems that will change nothing.
Powerful words that impact you 
Only as far as to shake your head and say,
"That's true, something should be done."
Excuse me while I listen to your advice that should fix 
Me but only shreds me open more. 
Excuse me while I do nothing and everything 
Wrong. 
Excuse me while I piss you off 
With my general existence because you 
Can't see what's wrong with me. 
Excuse me while I do the best that I can.
Excuse me while I let your words rule my life
And rip my self esteem to pieces.
Excuse me while I shatter my dreams 
Of wearing a sleeveless dress with a razor.
Excuse me while I implode on my thoughts,
Shoving them down because of the simple
Fact that I don't want to bother you.
Excuse me?
No. *****.
Excuse yourself.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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July 30, 2015 at 12:28 AM
Congrats on ur wonderful winning poem Olivia! Amazing pen!
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July 28, 2015 at 9:04 PM
Olivia, Congratulations. **SKAT**
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July 28, 2015 at 1:18 PM
Olivia, Congratulations! Thank you for supporting one of the MANY contest I held This Year. I enjoyed reading every entry in this very old contest OF MINE:):):). Stop by my latest blog "EXCUSE ME" if you'd like or have the time. --I'm glad to be back on the wild side of Poetry Soup hosting, new contest. Yours Truly!!! *LINDA*
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July 28, 2015 at 1:29 PM
by the way, love the way you end the poem
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