This is Life.

This

is life.

My hands keep trembling. 

I can't feel them

but this

is life.

Everyone's laughing

at me.

I can feel it.

I want to die.

But this

is life.

I may not have asked for it

but this is life.

I need to cherish it

I don't feel quite alive

but this

is life.

I don't matter

but this is life.

So at least pretend you're happy

think about all the 

things

they've told me

happiness is.

Put the gun down and remember

This

Is

Life.

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

The pleas of life making it just barely past the anxiety, past the realization and regrets that you're wasting life when you aren't, past the faked smiles. You always have quite a lovely concept whenever you write poems. Well done.