Waste
Smog, not only in my streets but in my brain, my neural pathways
Holding weight.
Holding weight in my shoulders, in my neck in my core.
I run until I'm sore.
Still don't know if want to grow or shed
This weight, all this weight
Look in the mirror
accepting , not myself, but the concept that I will
Never know what i look like,
Never know the weight I really hold
Letting go, thats what I say, really hoping for change, one day
Fake it, fake it, fake it,
Let it go, shed that weight away,
Let it go, shed that weight away,
Even now the pressure on my shoulders, seems infinite
I wonder how will it be when I am old
I don’t know what pain is, I don’t know how too much weight feels
I better become used to it, I better accept it now, not just the idea
Of me changing in a way that keeps me swirling
Around a dead end street
Not aware I am going nowhere
So comfortable on that street, how could I leave now
My legs sore from just this street, how will they feel when I reach the next, and the next, and the next
I’ll make it, even if I have to fake it,
After all those thoughts, I am still here the same,
Ultimately,
Nothing wrong,
Relatively strong, thanks to my sore legs
I will never be able to think my way out,
But Ill always thank myself for trying
Otherwise
It was all a waste
Copyright © Ella Shaw | Year Posted 2023
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