It all comes crashing down so suddenly.
It all comes falling in this downward spiral of everything you love and everything you know.
It twists you apart inside and you don’t know how to let it go.
Crying tears that no one else knows about and pulling away from it all.
Distractions only last so long and then reality comes creeping back in once you stop moving and take the time to breathe.
You try to be the glue that holds it all together but everything you touch falls to ruins.
Holding it in kills you but there’s no where to turn.
You just need something to keep you alive and hold your head above the waves,
but even the one thing you thought you had fails you and you slip under choking on everything,
and the weight of the world is too much for one person to bear,
and there is no silver lining the clouds are just gray.
Life holds no respite and you just want to hide away from it all.
Forever.
But even the loneliness breaks you down.
It’s never enough to put out your hand to help,
you have to rip off your whole arm to save someone,
and when that fails you give them your heart,
but even that vital force of your life isn’t enough and the universe is so big…
while you are so small and insignificant and running does no good,
so you try to face it.
But how can you?
When your alone.
There’s no one there to save you when you can’t keep being the one to save everyone else.
When you cave in,
and there’s no one to catch you before you hit the ground.
The world slams down on your shoulders and you fall.
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11 comments
I loved your poem, I feel honesty in every word you wrote. It’s truly the “weight of the world”…
Stay strong;
*off topic: I just checked waleskamoura’s profile and she’s brazilian like me*
You know I actually have stay strong tattooed in Arabic on my hip, it’s been my motto ever since I was young and battling bipolar disorder. And thank you I love to write and it’s always base around how I’m feeling.
*thats so neat if you go through my family’s ancestry I’m prominently of Greek descent.
I know how its like, Im always writing poems, it makes me calm down a little. Ive always wanted to get a tattoo to but I’m not sure if someday I will… On my back, some french words, a poetry’s line.
*Greek? Nice, thats uncommom here. my ancestry is fun. Born and living in Brazil; half french and half portuguese*
I love French although I speak EXTREMELY little of it, I only got to take one semester of it in high school.
I have 4 tattoos, filigree behind my ear, the phrase “Stay Strong” in Arabic on my hip, the symbol of oblivion from the PS2 video game Primal on my back between my shoulder blades (it’s my favorite), and the quote “Real Eyes Realize Real Lies” across my chest. I love tattoos but they are a lifelong commitment all of mine mean something important to me in one way or another, eventually I want to have MANY more.
And yes, Greek, I live in South Carolina, in the US, but that does sound like an awesome ancestry, I have a good friend who is Portuguese.
From what I know I am Greek and Cherokee Indian on my mothers side, and on my fathers I am kind of a little of everything, I know his family line can be traced through Ireland, Scotland, France, and England, so i’m a little of all that, but very little, as far as looks go I don’t know which gene pool I draw from the most, I’m a natural blonde, with green eyes, hardly any freckles, naturally fair skin and I’m tall and have always been on the thicker side I’ve never weighed less than 150 pounds since I turned 15 and I have a southern american accent, not quite redneck but pretty country. I am such a weird mix. -_-‘
Also I love poetry, I feel it’s the only way I can get my emotions out sometimes.
you already have 4? They seem really cool :p I really, really like tattoos but yep, I’m not sure if I’ll ever get one cause I’m that kinda person that (usually) takes forever to take decisions haha! Maybe I’ll get three words: God, Love and Poetry; from a poem by Lamartine. I’m always having troubles with Love and God (lmao..) but Poetry is what I need everyday, it makes me relax too. nah don’t worry, my french isnt that great either… I can read and translate it but just listening then translating is a lot more harder -__- My grandparens talk in french and I always make an excuse to switch back to Portuguese. I’d say that english is my 2nd language, despite the fact that I’m always mixing up some words *facepalm*. You’re a cool mix! My accent is kinda crazy too, especially when I’m talking in english. There’s some words that are so hard to me. Like… Rorld (world)! I always say it as rorld, blah. I have fair skin too. Most family members have light green eyes but mine are brown. And i have long brown hair. My haircut is similar to “Emily, the Strange”, lol. I was chubby during some of my teen years but now I’m getting skinnier everyday (not good, since I’m not dieting right now). Its prob stress. And hmmm… Im petite, 1m55cm lol
Yeah I got my first one at 17 2nd at 18 3rd at 19 and the last one at 20. I haven’t gotten any since because I haven’t been able to afford them. I love tattoos too. I’m a very artsy person I read write and draw I also have my associates degree in graphic design and plan to go back in the spring for my bachelors degree. I want to be an art teacher one day though. I’ve loved poetry since I was young there’s just something about it however mine are pretty much always free verse it’s just how I write ya know? I like your tattoo idea I think that would be very pretty. I probably speak, read, or even write less French than a 3 year old. -.- English is my first language but one day I’d like to be fluent in at least one other language. And from what I can see your English is amazing so if you pronounce a few words wrong who cares I’m sure I botched plenty of stuff when I took French haha. When I got skinny it was from stress from college so I understand. I wish I was petite I’m 5′ 7″ I don’t know how to write it in the metric system -.- I never learned that very good I have to google your height to see what it is lol I also have to look up who that person is I’ll probably just post a post with a picture of me in a little but cause I don’t really know who to compare what I look like to.
Ha, and I only understand the metric system *facepalm* hmmmm… You’re definitely tall, girl. Most girls want to be tall. Being petite is good but it has some disavantages (see? This is a word that I’m not really sure of how is written in english! But I thank you for your honest compliment, I try my best to write correctly for you guys :p).
You got your tattoos in a young age, haha, thats really nice! I wanted to get one since I was 14 but I’m still thinking about it… Let time show us if I’ll get tattooed or not.
I’m in college right now, studying to be a teacher (Portuguese and Literature)… Well, I’m actually enjoying a break… But I live with my family. I spent 3 years of my life at home doing, pardon moi, fucking nothing. I didn’t want to study anymore but it’s good, at least it keeps my mind busy for some hours.
I can draw too! But most of times I draw anime, chibi style and I’m pretty good… But who’s better is my sister, she’s an artist. I’d say that I’m more into poetry and writing but I can’t write good poems in English, maybe it’s against my romantic language nature, haha.
You can learn any language! It’s just a matter of practice :p
Your close, it’s disadvantages, i think you were only missing the second d, and being tall does too i have to pay more for jeans that are long enough it kind of sucks. I’d rather be short lol
And I think it’s good that you haven’t rushed in and gotten a tattoo especially if you weren’t 100% committed to the idea
That is so awesome, I wish I could go back to be a teacher but I just cant afford to change my major now 🙁
If you wanted to you could check out my graphic design on my facebook business page just look up JELB Design, I don’t have any of my drawing’s on their all that’s on my personal page. which I don’t mind if you want to add me, just look up Jamie Esther Lee Bruce, that’s me it shows the picture of my daughter.
I went straight into college after high school graduated in a year and a half came home got a job and got pregnant I haven’t worked since I had her just because I don’t trust daycares.
It’s easy for me to write in english since it is my first language.
I draw realism mosly, like people, I’m not good at drawing anything cartoonish.
I want to learn i might try rosetta stone, oh also if you add me on facebook feel free to message me there.
I don’t have a facebook page, is it weird? Haha, seriously I don’t, but can I check your personal page anyways? I don’t understand anything about fb *facepalm*.
I wish I could draw realism, honestly I try to but I’m not that good.
Jamie, I really want to chat with you, maybe via email. Is it okay?
If so, please e-mail me back. You could see my email by checking the comments but I’ll drop it here. This is my fake account: the . mean . reginag @ gmail . com (without the spaces, of course).
Thank you,
May
PS: I wouldn’t trust daycares either.
PPS: disadvantages! *facepalm* Okay, I wont forget the 2nd D.
That’s not weird, I know plenty of people without Facebook pages. I don’t know if my security settings will let you see much on my personal page but I think the business one is public. And drawing is just like writing, it’s gotta come from the heart and be special to the artist but at the same time the more you do it the easier it gets if you draw people with a grid system that also helps with symmetry. I will send you an email in just a minute sorry I wrote so late I was watching a movie it was really good I cried a lot. It’s called Clannad it was beautiful, it’s anime I can email you the link of you want to check it out but be warned it is incredibly sad too. But on your p.s. I just can’t see leaving my baby with a stranger haha I guess I’m over protective! For your p.p.s. I still spell stuff wrong all the time don’t feel bad spell check and online dictionaries and thesauruses are my best friends!