Brain, Heart and Courage

The  Brain
"You're so smart."   
"Such intelligence is so mature for your age."
My books give me knowledge.
My good grades.
The praise from everyone feeds this false ideology.
If I was so smart, why couldn't I figure out that I can't keep opening myself up for abuse?
Why couldn't I see that just because he's my father doesn't mean he cares?
Just because I'm not a criminal doesn't mean I can't become an outcast of society.
I haven't been stupid..... I have been ignorant.

The Heart
"You have such a big heart."
"You are so affectionate and kind."
My heart is such a traitor.
Giving my love and emotion to those who used and abused it.
Breaking off little by little.
My little, moth eaten heart... so incapable of learning it's lesson.

My Courage
"You're so strong."
"You handled that so well"
My courage has been tested and I have failed.
I'm so courageous that I can't accept the facts, believing in false realities.
I'm so courageous that I'm not able to accept that those I want to love me can't.

My courage is but a facade, along with my brain and my heart...

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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