"Living Elegy"

As I lay in thought while night comes pondering the day

A constant, screeching backdrop impedes my way

“You’re worthless, you’re sick, you’re insane,

You are nothing to anyone, you have no name”

Just to halt for a second and look up at the sun

To sit, think alone for a second, and not run

Where’s the truth? when all around me are voices

Screaming beautiful lies, affecting my choices

The voices in my head stripped me of myself

Tearing down the thoughts in my brain’s shelf

They rip me, they stab me, the shout “Submit”

How do I fight a war when I am unequipped?

Sun! When will I see the beauty you hold?

I want to forget all things evil I’ve been told

To bask in your light for a peaceful moment

To be told I am loved, and firmly know it