Lecture: Queen

Say that I don’t listen?

Don’t make me laugh,

Of course I do,

I’m the queen of myself,

The ruler of my decisions,

Both evil and good,

 

So I waste time?

Maybe I don’t have a concept of time,

The way I see the world,

Is filled with blends of reality and fantasy,

Something set apart from society,

 

Expectations every corner of this city,

The lights centered on my need of direction,

Narrow eyes follow my every move,

Analysis what I’ll become,

 

It’s so suffocating,

Like destiny’s hand playing with the cards it’s handed to me,

So I wonder do I even have a choice,

 

Ice form within my soul,

I don’t remember compassion is anymore,

Too blinded by my own hatred of the world,

So what to do when the protagonist falls to night?

 

Telling me,

Fearing me?

Please, I know that too,

How funny, so you only care when I’m falling apart?

Too broken to pick up the pieces,

Just shattered under the pressure of life,

 

Maybe I’m falling apart,

A hazard to my own health,

It’s priceless knowing you don’t notice,

Until it seems like the eclipse is coming,

 

What right do you have?

You who didn’t notice when the cracks began to form,

Until I began to fade away,

Consumed by the darker side of me,

 

So watch,

As light turns to night,

Only to fade, away.

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