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Defend Myself

April 30, 2023
By Anonymous

defend myself,

condemn myself,

unprincipled will to kill.

falling for the thorns,

mourn mourn mourn.

and the old me is whose motive and discipline and skill i drew blood to.

want want want,

doesn't do do do,

lie lie lie.

hats off to my glory,

though that glory tell not my story.

guardians fed me measures too big to digest,

all came fourth,

insinuations.

i shred my designs,

but saw it as a crinkle.

is it too late?

how have i contrived myself to be a scratched record i hang with pride?

everyone knows.

what have i succumbed and drew attractive lines of legality to?

throws punches and inflects my shots to my shooter,

ignore it.

defend myself.

but is my defense okay if it is only because i cannot take my penance?


The author's comments:

This poem is me talking to myself. Me trying to figure out why i am so dramatic, frantic, chaotic, and childish, but also mature. i ask myself for reasons why i make ruins of who i want to be, before i can even try to be it. i know what the implications of what i'm doing but continue it anyways. this poem is one of my favorites i've written.  a little about myself- i'm a junior in high school, i want to attend New York University for my college years to study film acting at TISCH, their arts program. that's actually a very big goal of mine. I love writing, though i don't tell anyone I do it. that's a trend with me, i don't tell most of anyone what i like to do because i think they'll think it's weird or that i'm not good enough to do it, and that shines through this poem. this poem was written a bit over a month ago, and i'm happy to say i've made some progress regarding my life!  thanks for reading!


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