Rest Stop

Gel has been trying to write poems since she read Slammed by Colleen Hoover in 2013.

Rest Stop

Lately it's just

Been a bit heavy

There're people I can't meet

And thoughts that made me weary

I keep moving

But see no progress

I keep on giving

To the point of being reckless

So I stop moving

And tried to stop caring

Found myself hurting

With no one's eye batting

Am I a fool

For giving so much of myself

To people who saw me as a tool

And left me on the shelf

Not even as a display

Like some trophy with glory

I was just put out of their way

Until they needed me

I was a fool

For believing

That I am a tool

For giving without receiving

I thought I know self-love

That I'm full enough to give out

But it's time to remove my glove

And reveal all my doubts

No one else has to care

I can carry it alone

I just need a little air

To bear with the unknown

I'll rest until I can manage

To once again carry

This baggage

That's been a bit heavy

© 2021 Genne Arcangel