I wrote this down on 6/24/2020:
"Tell the truth, but disguise it as fiction."
It's what inspired me to write this poem now, more than a year later:
Fiction,
Truth,
What difference does it make?
Whether it truly happened or if it plays out in my head,
Then on paper,
I assure you,
These struggles I write about,
They aren't always about me,
But they are affected how I see the world
What I've done and how I wish I could change things
Maybe I can't change the past
I know I can't actually
But I can write about it
I can write down what hurts
In a way that helps me,
Hopefully helps someone else,
Maybe in multiple ways,
Truly if you know anything about me you know
I'm always writing down more ideas,
One after the other,
Trying to figure things out,
Understand them in a way I couldn't before
Or maybe just to tell myself
I'm real,
Even by writing down fiction
Even by creating and sometimes even hiding
In a way
But you know what
I've learned and I've tried
And I know,
Sometimes heros don't always know how their story will play out
Till the end
And they've defeated the villian
Well maybe life is like that
We don't understand how things will go
Until they do
And then we can look back
And say, "I did something good. I took a risk, but it was worth it."
Maybe pain and struggle don't have to go hand in hand with anguish and fear
Maybe they can be countered with something positive
Anything's possible in a world you have total control over,
In a story, really,
You might not in life,
But you are who you are...
And that life
Is yours for the taking
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live your best life, whatever that may be. dont let failing get you down, you're stronger than you realize.
-🌌
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