★ Poem #3★ 💗

ꨄShadows of youth ꨄ

At fourteen, I'm drowning in silence,

A sea of thoughts too deep to fight,

I wear a mask, but inside the violence,
A heart too young to know the light.

I see them smile, the ones who know,
What it’s like to feel love’s glow,
But here I am, with broken dreams,
A ghost in a world of empty seams.

I wish for moments that are pure,
A love that’s fearless, bright, and sure,
A hand to hold through sleepless nights,
A soul that burns, a spark that lights.

But right now, I’m lost in the gray,
Wishing I could drift away,
Back to when I was small and free,
Before the shadows swallowed me.

At fourteen, it’s all too much,
Loneliness that hurts with every touch,
I long for something real, not fake,
A heart to heal the parts that break.

I dream of love that cuts through pain,
Of being seen in joy, not shame,
A love that sings and holds me tight,
A teenage dream that feels so right.

But here I stand in the quiet ache,
A fragile soul that’s learning to break,
And wonder if this loneliness will ever end,
Or if I’ll forever just pretend.

I wish for rockstar love, to burn,
A fire that teaches me to learn,
But right now, I have nothing but these tears,
A heart that's tired from all its fears.

So I’ll wait, beneath the weight of time,
Hoping that the stars will realign,
And that someday, in the distant years,
I’ll find that love to calm these fears.

But until then, I am alone,
A child lost in a world unknown,
And all I have is the aching plea
To find the love that’s meant for me.