So Cliche

a poem about moving on, letting go, and finding your way

I've been meaning to figure things out 

move on from this place, without a doubt

Be strong and let it all go

I can say it, but it's easier to put on a show

Some days I can keep it straight

with my head up, facing toward a new page

but something always brings me back

its not nostalgia

maybe it's strength that i lack

It seems It's always just a little too late

to rewind and choose a different way

I found that It's true what they say

you never know what you got til its gone

and everyone claims its just a cliche

but for me its the reason I can't move on

Maybe I hide these feelings well

wearing a mask to get through this hell

I look back on my life and wonder 

if I would have done things different 

would I still have gone under?

I don't think i'm blue anymore

I just don't know what the hell i'm doing this for

I hurt the one who would have given me all 

for one who got bored and let me fall 

and in running back trying to fix my mistakes

I realized the past had soon erased

so left alone I began write

with a broken heart and watery eyes 

it's strange how you can break your own heart

by losing yourself and playing the wrong part

To this day I still look back on what I lost

and know i deserve paying this cost 

So I sit here all alone 

Counting the days until I go home

The blank walls and computer screen

take me to a place where I can breathe

I know I can't hide in this place forever

but for now, it just feels so much better

I know things are soon going to change

and ill look back on this beaten cage

ill remember how it changed my world 

and that from the pits I found whats real

I found that It's true what they say

you never know what you got til its gone

and everyone claims its just a cliche

but for me its the reason I can't move on

Author's Note

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