Challenge Ended
Tell me what you think is the hardest thing about life.
Is it heartbreak? Is it pain? Is it technology? Tell me! :) Write in any format.
Ended May 5, 2023 • 28 Entries • Created by Blackgirlwritin
it's hard to walk out the door
to make a left down main
and a right on 31st
just past the old stone cemetery
it’s hard to carry plates that smell of California
electric blue margaritas
smiling with the glittering teeth
and ignore sneers of customers
(I'm sorry, "guests")
it’s hard to keep pretending
all for a paycheck
of less than six hundred
to pay the rent and the phone bill
it’s hard to walk into a shop for
a bag of black brew, a bottle of Jack
wake me up then knock me out
numb the agony into a dull ache
it’s hard to stay in a world I
was supposed to call home
where I should have been happy
instead of hating myself
it’s hard to feel
an unrelenting craving to
taste the concrete beneath
the six story balcony
it’s hard knowing no one gives a damn
they’d replace me tomorrow with
someone whose teeth are whiter or
someone who’s got a better sense of humor
it’s hard that I understand
the hole gets deeper each
and every time I try
to climb out
but the hardest thing
is closing my eyes each night
praying to a deity who
never seems to hear me
wishing they'd never open
but when I inevitably wake
doing it all again.