I Am Scared Of Being Cliche

• Max Bradley-McFawn, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2022

Teenage angst fuels my every movement,
I feel cliche
This fear of cliche only exaggerates the angst
It also encourages a need for genuine validation
All encompassing, these intrusive emotions drape themselves over my life,
An unwavering curtain of self-loathing and pitiful reflection
This exacerbates the angst further
I fear, one day it will become too much to bear