If We’re Being Honest

I don’t stop,
won’t give up on this, even if it hurts me in the end.

Looking out towards the west,
I see only dimming stars.
I know there’s nothing out there for me.
Yet, I still let my mind wonder if there ever could be.

I don’t fit in any mold.
Sometimes I worry I’ll never achieve or be enough.

More and more I crave the risky adventure, the sweating in the tireless journey.
More and more I’m seeking a little bit of anything else.

If we’re being completely honest, there’s a bigger part of me that worries I’ll never be satisfied.

6 responses to “If We’re Being Honest”

Woodsy

September 23, 2020 at 1:29 pm

Yeah.

They say to hang on,
ride it out…
like there’s a room waiting at the other end,
with all the good stuff in.

Then suddenly,
you’re in a place where the illusions drop away
and you can see
there is no room at the other end –

just what is, or isn’t…

and you,
trying to hold yourself
with only dimming stars to lean on…

and the things that still manage to touch what’s left…
what’s real…
in a world without furniture.

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Scrunch Foldington

September 25, 2020 at 11:49 am

As I sit at this table I realise
I am surrounded on all sides
by those united by unique talent
and their perceived inadequacy.

May all your dreams come true
but for one
or so they say
for life would be far too dull
without the one that got away.

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1. BrittnyLee
  
  September 25, 2020 at 11:39 pm
  
  Love this comment Tom !!!!!
  
  Realization often comes too late.
  I was unable.
  I saw him walking past me.
  His sharp silhouette, his cap, his green eyes.
  Him.
  I reached and reached, my mind waiting for answers I had hoped would come.
  I reached out a hand waiting for him, only to find he was already holding mine ☆
  
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cheriewhite

September 28, 2020 at 9:01 am

Beautiful piece. I love the realness of it. I’m with you because I have those feelings myself at times and I think we all do. Keep up the great work! ❤

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1. BrittnyLee
  
  September 28, 2020 at 11:20 am
  
  Thank you so much!!! I was hoping that is how this piece would come across 🙂
  
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