A sonnet that I read aloud in my ELAR class. Based on a very destructive personal problem.

This work was started on 4/10/21 and finished on 4/15/21

Transcript:

Was everything you showed to me a ploy?

but with every single call, I would heed

in youth, every single day you destroy

and continue to watch me as I bleed

far into the dark, I would try to scream

as I saw you, I would try to avoid

I saw all of my small tears, they would stream

and fall silently into the dark void

I honestly feel a lot like Atlas

never been able to hold my weight high

But a shift in my core central axis

May allow me to look at the bright sky

Talking with others has helped me to cope

And hopefully, I may have found hope?