Sometimes I Feel...

Sometimes I feel like a rubber band, 

hyper-extended and being pulled in several directions at once. 

Sometimes I feel like a time bomb,

ticking down until I explode in a fiery ka-boom.

Sometimes I feel like an echo,

  repeating standards I have been taught to obey.

Sometimes I feel like a outcast,

 hiding in the shadows of the crowd.

Sometimes I feel like a spectator,

    watching as my fate unravels, unable to change the outcome.

Sometimes I feel like an ant,

staring up at the powerful giants that loom above.

Sometimes I feel like a giant,

looking down at the ants below.

Today I feel like a human,

realizing that I am all those things and more and wondering who else realized this as well.

Reviews

[BreannaAutumn]

My favorite line is this was "Sometimes I feel like an echo, repeating standards I have been taught to obey." This is in all society, isn't it? Everyone has to meet the same requirements and say the right things at the right times and we're so wrong if we do anything out of the ordinary. Very moving poem

[Shygirl]

Thanks. With school and all that, it seemed fitting.

[I Am Svetlana]

This is a brilliant piece of work :) The last line being so powerful and relatable! Most days, it's hard to feel human, but must realize that we are nothing but that in the end, no matter what emotions we feel. It's hard to cope with certain things, yet have no choice but to find one in order to make it out alive.