10-07-2025, 09:24 PM
Sometimes
My brain latches onto
certain thoughts
The intrusive thoughts
The taunting thoughts
I push them away
Or attempt to anyway…
But they never fade
Whispering
Their meaningless opinions
In the darkest corners of my mind
Honestly though
It’s easier
to hear these things
From the made up voices in my head
Rather than those I care about
Like if my best friend
Told me my poems mean
nothing
My heart would shatter
into millions of tiny pieces
Skittering across the linoleum floor
My body soon following
With a sickening thud
But if YOU
You little rascal
in my head
Told me my life means nothing
I would laugh at you
Because you can’t even say it to my face
Because you’re literally me!
Insecurity is its own person
A “fearsome” entity we think
we can’t control
But when it comes down to it
Insecurity is literally just us
Talking down on ourselves
Because we’re scared.
We give into ourselves
We give into our doubts
Because we don’t wanna believe
You earned that right
That award
That honorable mention you worked so damn hard for
You give into the Insecurity
And you hate yourself for it later
But insecurity is human
And we’re only human; we don’t know
How to be
Anything but.
I'm somewhat skeptical about my line breaks and rhythm since I write free verse, so if you guys have any feedback to help with that, I'd appreciate it so much!
My brain latches onto
certain thoughts
The intrusive thoughts
The taunting thoughts
I push them away
Or attempt to anyway…
But they never fade
Whispering
Their meaningless opinions
In the darkest corners of my mind
Honestly though
It’s easier
to hear these things
From the made up voices in my head
Rather than those I care about
Like if my best friend
Told me my poems mean
nothing
My heart would shatter
into millions of tiny pieces
Skittering across the linoleum floor
My body soon following
With a sickening thud
But if YOU
You little rascal
in my head
Told me my life means nothing
I would laugh at you
Because you can’t even say it to my face
Because you’re literally me!
Insecurity is its own person
A “fearsome” entity we think
we can’t control
But when it comes down to it
Insecurity is literally just us
Talking down on ourselves
Because we’re scared.
We give into ourselves
We give into our doubts
Because we don’t wanna believe
You earned that right
That award
That honorable mention you worked so damn hard for
You give into the Insecurity
And you hate yourself for it later
But insecurity is human
And we’re only human; we don’t know
How to be
Anything but.
I'm somewhat skeptical about my line breaks and rhythm since I write free verse, so if you guys have any feedback to help with that, I'd appreciate it so much!
