I'm Gaining Weight

I've tried so many times, I know
To simply be without
A constant struggle, still I'm fighting
I tire of carrying this around

The whole world staring at me
Knowing me for who I am
They make their assumptions
Will it always be this way

When they see me, they start talking
Just like they've done before
Telling me why I turned out like this
Yet they haven't got a clue

You think that I enjoy it
I'd rather be somebody else
Or have you not stopped for a moment
To understand how I must feel

To cast out what won't go away
Failing every time that you do
Each passing day, I learn to live with it
It became a part of me

I found a peace, so calming
It has strengthened of my soul
Keep to yourself, all judgement
You've not walked a day inside my shoes

I never asked to be this way
This is the person I've become
Circumstances that were dealt with
Led me to where I now stand

You have not seen what I have seen
Nor have you lived how I have lived
Now it's all come full circle
I'm gaining weight again

Author's Note

Metaphors are fun

Reviews

[Rosalind Smith]

It was, in a way, beautifully written. And I like the fact that you've add a spark of fun to this poem. Keep on the great work.

[Emily]

I like the lay out of the words!
Well done!

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

The weightiness of this was brilliant... I didn't get bogged with message and you made feel the anguish, the uncertainty and insecurities.

You have not seen what I have seen
Nor have you lived how I have lived
Now it's all come full circle
I'm gaining weight again

Love these lines

[one sky]

Yes, metaphors are fun., writing makes us relax, but still we're gaining weight of the world because of too much stress that we feel when we go back in reality.

Keep going.

[DarkRainbowPie]

The weight of thoughts and worries can be the heaviest of all. Well written.