Resilience

The pain I’ve weathered has placed me lifetimes ahead of the elders that surround me

I dream of the bliss of ignorance that dances in their softened minds

I fear I wallow in the loss I hold so dear to my heart

The loss of who I could’ve been.

Without the trials of wretched,

I would’ve blossomed without fear attached to

My innocent eyes

They have eclipsed, now treading on the past

On an endless loop

If I hold on any longer to the cries for help that barely left my pursed lips

I will be incinerated from the raging fire that contains my inner being

Nothing eases the burden of knowledge

That was forcibly burned into my soul

-Marley Isley