My Voice

I want to write my masterpiece
I want to sing my song
let the whole world hear my voice
in all the ways that I have failed
maybe someone else can make it through
maybe someone else can live where I have died
I want to be the voice I've followed
the voice that's helped me through
I want to write my masterpiece
I want to sing my song
let the whole world hear my voice
hold up another so their light my shine
when mine was doused in shadow
when I was alone
now you have someone with you
know you have someone with you
I don't know if I will make it through
but I do have hope for you
if just one other hears my voice
if my song can save that life
then my job is done
I want to write my masterpiece
I want to sing my song
let the whole world hear my voice
in all the ways that I have lost
maybe someone else can win

Reviews

[Tenielle Mathews]

A good piece, i loved the way you captured the melancholy tang of desperate hope that you feel when you are sad but not yet defeated. I also liked your take on the responsibilities of an artist in society, "I don't know if I will make it through
but I do have hope for you," the type of people who feel things very deeply and sometimes aren't always better off for that but would take that feeling still if they could help someone else for it.