Good in Me (Poem)

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Trying not to feel the knife in my back


As I hear of the traumas they've faced


Cause they've faced far worse attacks


Yet I'm still petrified by a man's embrace


They bear the scars of a million battles


But I stand here still pained by just one


Each and every impressive scar belittles


My youthful hands gripping a cold gun


Now I know how insignificant I am in the end


A single trauma doesn't make me strong


Im just a child that can play pretend


Standing tall as if I somehow belong


But I have no place among these warriors


How the hell am I in this hall of fame?


I belong among the sinners and the liars


And not even the best or worst anyways


I belong behind a strong set of steel bars


And though i know that nobody agrees


I know myself, every memory and every fear


Every struggle and crime that made me, me.


They were victims, they were abused


I fought back with every muscle in my body


I didn't surrender and let myself be used


I'm no innocent, I seriously hurt somebody


Hell, somebody? No. Every one of them


I struggled and struggled till I was free


Pretending to give in so they let their guard down


So, dear friend, no. I don't see the good in me.


But maybe one day I'll rise among the sinners.

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