that one time
you sat there thinking
about everything
whilst the world kept orbiting the sun
yet your world wasn’t getting any warmer
or any brighter
or anywhere
and that one time
you felt so alone
yet the hustle of people threatened to suffocate you
yet we felt so alone
because no one seemed to look beyond that strained smile
or the hunched figure
reassuring us with the word fine
and okay
words that have lost meaning
with every round
don’t let that one time
you walked on by
become someone else’s path to setting themselves on fire
because that one time
we let ourselves believe
that we were fine.
Written as a response to a challenge tag on Instagram. Please feel free to have a go yourself. Your challenge is to write a poem beginning with my last word which is “fine.” You can follow me under the username whispersofart.
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Hey! I like your poem. I decided to take part in the challenge. Here’s the link 🙂
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Hey! Aw that is awesome to hear! And thank you for the link!
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this. poem. is. so. good. i wish i had that sort of talent with poetry! also this kind of sounds like the inside of my head while i’m having an existential crisis…
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I was writing this whilst having a sort of crisis to be honest. but the important thing to remember is that when we feel like we are totally alone, there are always people waiting to help us, but they can only help us if we let them. Sit down and start typing/writing away and let whatever is on your mind flow out. I think everyone is capable of writing something heart wrenching. And thank you so much for stopping by! Your comment made me smile.
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aww it’s really great to find someone who can always be so positive about everything
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