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Give Up

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There are days I do not want to get up,
Days I cannot face what was once tomorrow,
What will soon be yesterday.
Days I cannot face the smile of a friend,
The laughter of a child,
Or the touch of those I love.
The words "Give up"
Careen through my confused mind
Like a cannon shot in a closed room.
Careening leads to questions,
Why? Why am I here?
Who am I? What am I?
What am I supposed to do? Where am I supposed to go?
Is there a purpose? Do I have a purpose?
Is this life worth living?
But questions do not lead to answers.
There are no answers,
Only hope,
And faith.
But what happens when hope and faith are gone?
What happens when hope and faith are missing in action
During the war that is adolescence?
"Plane down!"
There goes hope
  Give up.
"Man down!"
There goes faith
Give up.
There is nothing left.
Just,
Give up
And let my mind
Tire
And let my life
Expire.
There is nothing left.
Just the constant weight of gravity pushing on my shoulders.
Pushing me down,
Into
The ground.
Give up.
Give up.
Give up.
Give up.
Give up.
So I open my bloodshot eyes,
Breathe in through air starved lungs,
Get out of bed on shaking  legs,
Square shoulders drooping from gravities pressure,
Smile on cracked and bleeding lips,
And walk out of my dark room,
Ready to face the new day.
This was written for poetry challange prompt #93: Give Up, as I'm sure you all can tell :) Unfortunately, DA wouldn't allow me to add all of the artistic form that I had it in originally, so the block form it is in now will have to do :(
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SognatoreViolento's avatar
I really appreciate how you manage to put into words the dark and rough emotions that so many experience. It's a thrill.