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Maybe I’ll Be Okay
My brain
Has this train of thought
That tells me
That I ought to
Take a shot at
Not living my life
In desperation
With little to no motivation
But no matter how hard I try
I can’t find peace of mind
So I walk
And I talk
Like everything’s fine
When I know it’s a lie
And eventually I try to get help
In a world where this
Mind of mine
Is glorified instead of
Dealt with
And this never ending slump
Is instead called “just a funk”
And I’ll get over it soon enough
But it’s been years
And it’s still here
So why do they tell me
That I’ll be alright
And that there’s light
At the end of the tunnel
That I clearly can’t handle?
I feel like I have no room to move
In between all this gloom
And I assume
That it’ll all go away on its own
And that it’s okay
To be alone
And to postpone and delay
The day I let myself feel okay again
However, I become tired
Of the wait and the burning desire
To find and create a life worth living for
So I make the effort for the first time
To open up my heart and mind
And see things through the eyes
Of someone who can rise above
The hardships and otherwise
Disheartening lies that our own minds
Remind us of
From night until sunrise
I am tired of it
I’m tired of it all
And I need to learn to call out
When I fall instead of
Staying and waiting
And above all
Being afraid of the crusade that
Will forever be a threat to me
As long as I let it be
I am trying my best
To pass this test of distress
And impress myself
By proving that maybe they
Were right
And that I’ll in fact be okay
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