What Is And What Could Have Been

9/26/16 -- Vent poem

Dark thoughts fight to resurface

As I lie in bed pondering

What is and what could have been.

The breeze of my ceiling fan is soothing 

Against my face--

Something constant, something calm

Within a sea of confusion and internal struggles

I so often drown in.

I made an attempt to focus intently 

On the sounds of the ceiling fan spinning in endless circles

And the slight movements of my art being blown by the breeze against the wall.

Does it matter at all?

Is it worth dwelling on?

Will I ever learn to move on,

Or will I continuously fight to escape 

What is and what could have been?

Reviews

[Drama Child]

"What is and what could have been", so many good questions in the final stanza that we ask ourselves all to often. I find poetry my means to dwell and then to also move on. Sometimes I repeat this process over and over until I find my peace with it.
Great Write, thanks for sharing!

[Esther]

I realized it makes me feel a bit better when I write because then I'm proud of myself for doing something other than laying around being upset, and also it helps express how I'm
feeling too. Thanks for your review :)

[Karmee]

emotional read here, very well expressed

[Esther]

Thank you. I just really needed to vent a little bit