Me

Complain, show disdain

For I just can’t take this pain

From the strife and all the strain

That life’s inflicted on my brain.

On my body, on my soul

The world has swallowed me up whole.

Oh the memories that I once stole

Finally have taken toll

I felt the pressure, felt the heat

Said I would not choose defeat,

But this life has got me beat,

And there is nowhere to retreat.

Tell my family, tell my friends,

That I will try to make amends.

But until this struggle ends

There is no way one can depend

On me.

All these lies and all these cries

For help to end my slow demise

They were feeble and unwise—

So I must apologize

Please dear, open your eyes

It’s no surprise you’ve earned your prize,

And it is I who sits and sighs,

Saying goodbyes and asking “why’s?”

I must stand up and redefine

where I stand upon this line

of being great or merely fine
for isn't status just a sign?

Of how, and why, and when, and where 
we must belong once we've resigned.