I Bleed

 All I needed from this world

Was a hug that would swallow me

Because I was sick of waiting 

For everyone to take me seriously

When the world made me feel non-existent

I created walls of poetry around me

You sewed my enthusiasm 

I started bleeding poetry

And yet no one noticed me

So I wrapped your ignorance in my words

And threw it off the cliff

I packed your lack of understanding

And put it in the bin outside my room

I stuffed your unfriendliness with the confetti

And started making mirthless melodies

Because importance is the only difference 

Between self worth and self doubt

And I didn't need anyone to let me down

So I put a mask on 

And went anonymous for this world 

I went to look for tragic stories 

That are too concealed to speak 

And quiet things that need more heed

I painted the hell with glitter

And petrichor spread through my veins

Because I bleed poetry after all

You can't steal my thunder when I start my poesy