Broken Wings

This poem depicts a battle one can experience with insecurities and inner demons. It's a poem that sheds a sense of hope that any darkness within can always transform into light, with just faith.

I'm a bird with broken wings, 

Failing to let the goodness inside me sing, 

I'm an outsider walking through a valley of darkness,

Looking everywhere with no sense of direction or awareness,

I'm a flower waiting to bloom, 

As I'm only surrounded by gray clouds of doom.

I'm a bum on the street pleading for some hope,

See strangers walking by and hoping they would help but they don't,

No one understands or sees my pain, 

I stand with a stoned face grasping to remain sane,

I'm a car being driven with no destination at all, 

Going on and on until my hands tremble and fall, 

The steering wheel is gone and stranded is what I've become, 

Lost in a land of hopelessness and feeling as if I'm done. 

I'm a girl who sees her reflection with no life in her eyes, 

Constantly asking myself: Who am I? What have I become? 

Why am I the girl who continuously cries?

My inner demons scream and yell, 

Their consistent negativity is all they have to tell, 

My mind loses control and I become this, 

A girl struggling to find that light within and live and peace and bliss.

I want to be strong and fight,

My lifelong insecurities will soon be out of my sight,

How will I do this? How can I go on?

I look to God and hear Angels come down and sing me a song.

They sing their words saying I'll be really happy soon and smile,

They tell me I will be okay and will move on from moment, in time, 

In awhile,

For I may be a bird with broken wings,

But I will fly while the light inside me begins to shine,

And the goodness sings. 

Author's Note

I am not a professional poetry writer, so ignore any mistakes with formatting or iambic pentameter rules. This is merely something I wrote as a means of venting during a bad time. I figured it could be relatable to others and thought I would share.

Reviews

[Nightingale]

I think it was beautiful, it just speaks the truth.