my heart had emptied out of my chest
it had ozed through the spaces in my ribs in tiny little fractions
infectious goo, human waste
alive with blood and dreams it had ceased to stay grounded
the weightlessness tore it apart i think
lack of direction
with the feeling of not want encompassing everything good
there's no wonder it just melted down to something rotten
so now i have this infection streaming through me
and i don't know how to live around it
every time i get an idea of the right thing, my motivation is overpowered
wake up early, i think
go to the gym
or i could just sleep my life away
or i could just starve myself, cheat my body into being skinny
whichever hurts less
whichever takes the least out of me
the motivation has evaporated, along with the power
i let everything happen around me
you don't have to be the protagonist of your own story
when things get too hard, just take a step back and watch...
it's just like a movie
eventually, the conflict is resolved
time is ignorant of the way you feel
you either figure it out or you die
it's that simple
so the way i have dealt with my liquid heart is by assimilating
forming into the shape of a perfect miami girl
there are no colors in my hair
i talk only about people, about parties, about places you only wish you could get inside
i sound like a stupid snob and i know it
there are no ideas floating in my head worthy of discussion
i don't have the time to myself to think them up
every waking moment i feel like i am always in someone else's situation
places where i have no control of setting, of frame of mind
there has been so much smoke the past few days
i hardly even believe in anything but the high
i try to be the friend that i would like to have
i give so much to make everyone else happy
they use me and i watch others notice
there is such shame associated with being a door matt
i feel as though it's too late to start standing up for myself
the strikes are already there
i will give until i have nothing left
and they'll just have to devour me whole
but
this is not the life i want for myself
even if my dreams are crusted in the curves of my bones, i still remember how vibrant they used to be
i wanted to be different
happy and healthy and strong and calm
i wanted colors in my hair and ideas in my head
the girl that matt fell madly in love with
the girl ben recognizes as someone good and pure
i am sick of being a heart breaker
of surrounding myself with people who have cruel intentions, who wish only to harm
i want to help
fill the world with lightness
bring forth everything hidden inside of me
make now my perfect moment
i don't want to spend the whole night sleeping
i need the time to value the world and the life that i have been given
i am so lucky to be alive
no matter what, i carry that fact with me, tight to my chest, and use it as my shield
every experience is only an interpretation, every truth a perception of reality
i am not my reputation
i am a bead of light, like everyone else, that flickers for eighty something years, and then just as suddenly dims
i am part of a collective consciousness
i fear deeply for my own generation, for the excess of free time, for the endless number of distractions
where will we fall in the history of man kind, in an ever changing complex societal structure
culture is the human buffer to the environment
it's the way we deal with messy parts of the world and wrap it up into nice tight boxes
if you've ever thought about it, there really is a right way to do everything
how important is it to watch your actions, to take the time and care needed to go through every motion and moment with perfection?
these are the questions we battle with every day
this is the subconscious, all the tiny choices that are made without true conviction
most people have no idea what it is that keeps them alive
the mind is a fascinating thing and i have watched mine tilt and twirl on the edge of madness
i have chosen not to fall in, to walk away and find a nice stable place right at the center
and maybe it's not too late for my heart
maybe if i concentrate i can locate all the pieces
bring them back together
make myself whole again and willing to try
so here is my statement piece
the mess in my head translated into something concise
whenever i get lost, i will re read these words
and remember that we are all made of glass
accepting failure is not the answer
it's sad, but we are chastised so much more by out mistakes than rewarded by our successes
so make the little triumphs count
let the not want feeling drift into thin air
no one really cares who you become nearly as much as you
protect yourself
treasure your desires and motivation
don't put off dreams to some random magical date where you will just wake up and the world will feel whole
trust me, it's not that easy
it's step by step
like building a puzzle
i'll take every piece of me and rearrange it
until finally i can look in the mirror and say i am living the life of my dreams and this is exactly what i've always wanted
someday you will find me
- May 24, 2011
- ideaofcrying
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