Far Away

• Revekah Regalado
• Poetry
• 2016

The voices keep talking
I wanna start walking
Far, far away

They won’t quit nagging
My patience is lacking
I just don’t wanna stay

I’ve trouble breathing
My calmness is fleeting
It’s silence that I need

I claw at my ears
In hope of ridding my fears
But I don’t succeed

So they send me smug looks
That could be read like books
I wanna wipe it off their face

Maybe a punch, or a slap
Will give them a nice nap
But I hold it in, all I feel is hate

Every move I make is pathetic
They won’t be sympathetic
They scoff, the reality not sinking in

So I hang my head low
I’m scared and they know
Although I try, they always win…