Turbulence

2016 was my year of discovery

and it wasn't just

discovering friends or anything superficial like that

not to say

that friends are superficial

but anyways

2016

was the year i started discovering

the most fundamental things about myself

who i loved

and how i loved them

and how not everyone's gonna accept that

and that i'm just gonna have to live with that

it was also when i pushed myself

pushed myself to love myself more

because many others sure wouldn't 

and yeah

it hurt

a lot

and i haven't made much progress

but it's progress nonetheless

2016 was the year where i got angry

and let those turbulent emotions take over

let the colors and fear and rage swirl around me

like a hurricane

and sure i felt powerful

for standing up for myself and others in similar situations 

let it build up until it burst out

and crashed like an airplane out of fuel

and i was left a sobbing mess

curled up in my moms bed

hardly responsive and beside myself with the worst emotions

but i was still angry

angry at the world

for letting a tyrant take control

for refusing to grow and change

for turning a deaf ear

and looking away

when people hurt those

who were already hurting 

i got angry at others 

for pushing me past the breaking point 

for thinking that i was there

for them to push around

and i'm trying to grow past that anger

but it's hard, man,

its hard. 

This poem is about: 
Me

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