this took me awhile to finish...

less… its a word that runs through my veins…

it drives me insane…

it seeps through the cracks and seeps to my bones…

the word that in a room full of people, id still feel alone…

shouted from the rooftops and whispered through breath…

its all that i hear…

“you’re never worth it”

if i could make it stop,

believe me i would…

caring about people way more than i should…

wishing to block out all the negative thoughts…

doing everything I can to make it just stop.

the shouting and screaming inside of my mind 

making me wish i wasn’t alive…

it’s a common occurrence that I feel less…

when the little voice in my brain that says “you’re trying your best!”

gets pushed aside by harsher words

trying with everything in me to make that voice heard…

using all of my strength and all of my might…

but i still feel ‘less’ at the end of the night…

the small voice getting stronger and louder as well.

a process more difficult than words can tell…

the voice is now screaming when life gets tough…

“you can make it through this…” and “you are enough.”