Hezekiah Jackson
@Hezekiah
"What makes them better than you?"
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A Moment's Weakness
I looked in the mirror Guess what I seen Most expect good looks The person they want to be Or the person by popular opinion In my mirror I saw the monsters within That fights desperately for control Surrounded by darkness The voices of death That says give in Give in to the hurt The pain that weighs on you The fatigue from pushing thus this far Give in and I can make it better The relief will overwhelm The calmness will beset you I looked in the mirror Guess what I seen I saw a person Who given in to the opinions The charismatic thoughts of others The negativity The darkness Wasn't around him No this time He was the darkness  A person can only hold but so much Accept I'm sorry But so many times  Before recognizing the feeling I need to fight back The frustration of giving so much Yet never recieving  Working without a reward Something so easily found in my darkness Here I found happiness I haven't felt in a long time My anger that was over storage Gone Yet when I look in the mirror  I realize I lost This war within my being Was to keep darkness from entering The battles against the words give in That's meant to be fought day to day Now when I see myself I see my failure A reminder that instead of fighting Keeping my light alive I blew it out For what was simple In the moment A moment's weakness
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Loss
Loss is never easy It's the road You walk alone In the dead of night Nothing moves No one speaks The world ended Shattered Before my eyes No possible way To pick up the pieces My world ended I can't speak Begin to understand Comprehend the aspects of my situation Please leave me alone I don't want to be close Everyone that gets close Leaves me I'm tired of pain Tired of emotions I wake up to the heartbreak Every morning Experience the same hurt Everyday Nothing is new The same sunrise Same sunset The same fear at night The dead silence When nothing moves No one speaks A never lasting cycle No greater pain Bigger hurt When you can't remember You forget Their looks Their voice Their laugh I can't remember The fear That everyday She slips away That one day She'll be gone Forever
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Survived
One of the best times The best experiences Are those That left an impact Made an impression Something you will remember A scar A lesson A dream Let the pain flow Hurt grow It's the only way we learn Remember The dark road Fear building Not knowing what's out there What's awaiting you Hear the movement around you Moving closer Waiting to strike Stop you By any means necessary See the scars Keepsakes From the roads I traveled The nights Spent crying Spent hurting Bleeding Don't say anything No one will hear Don't show it No one will care The darkest times Is what makes you It may break you But in the end Once it's over The sun will shine Over the mountain top In the peace Of the morning Where the hurt The pain Washes away And the experience Builds who you are What didn't break you What you been through Made you better And your scars Tell a story The hell That you walked through The dark times That you lived through That you're still here
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Feelings
Sometimes You feel this way, About someone Like butterflies everytime You see them This chill up your spine And you don't know what to say This feeling That takes so much to admit Then tradgedy hits A storm unknown Powerful A storm that's skilled In the art of driving you apart So no matter what you do What you try Distance Begins to set in It last of days Weeks Months Separated Attempting to reach each other But it feels impossible Seems unachievable Change doesn't come But you keep fighting Keep moving Remembering What Who You're fighting for That they're worth it Worth hurting for Worth staying for And the hope That dwindled to a dream Changes to reality No matter the challenge The trial Tribulation The storm No matter what I face You're always worth it
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Hope
I realize I have problems I know I'm not perfect I make mistakes Wrong decisions Yet they believe that I am My problems Left me rigorously searching High and low For solutions The aspects of my desires Ultimately deemed as unattainable My mistakes lead me down a dark road Twisted Deep The times I wished The hurt, pain Would end That my feelings Emotions Was non-existent So whatever I do Whatsoever It wouldn't be orchestrated My thoughts That would have me believe Intimacy and love Does in fact exsist Only no one loves you As if I live in a haven Shielded by negativity and hate A stranger to love Inexperienced to the warmth The feeling Security Desires deemed unattainable But if only for a minute Just a second There was a world Where my thoughts Wasn't my enemy Where everything Went according to plan Happened the way I wished An escape To a better world The figments Developed and produced Stirctly for imagination Perhaps hopes Have you been there The place The realization Where being transparent Was more important than holding a mirror A picture of a better you Mimicking someone Who isn't you So no one will see the flaws No one will analysize your wounds The admoralities of your pain Of your journey So no one will see the real you Someone who's locked away Only to be seen when you're alone Only nourished in a safe environment Where judgement is non-existent The secret garden where everyone is accepted I've been rejected too much Seen too much hurt From jokes that turned to bullets Laughs that turned to stones And tears that flooded The horror of the aftermath To do the unthinkable Allow others to see my scars To put down the image That makes people believe the lies I'm okay I'm good I feel fine And inside I'm struggling to survive To admit the hidden truth Something I tried to keep inside The fact that I'm broken Shattered in pieces Living in the wake of my ruins The statues of inspiration Hopes Aspirations That lay in pieces Yearning for restoration That no one hears And no one sees No one cares That the expectations and pressures Crushes what's left As I struggle to rebuild 1 brick laid Another crumbles 1 step forward 5 steps back One of the hardest Painful times in life Is when you're broken When you're lost Struggling to find the stability You once possessed To put yourself back together again And begin to heal Yet the world doesn't stop spinning Because we don't like the rotation These times won't last forever One morning We'll reach the mountain top And watch the sun shine on a new day The day I am no longer... Broken
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Fortress
You asked me to share Open up Reveal the aspects of my heart My scars My wounds It's not something to be ashamed of Your scars Tell the story The truth of who you are You asked me to share Build a bridge To the fortress around my heart Understand My heart is delicate For too long It's been discarded Abandoned Stabbed Bruised A bleeding heart No one cares for You think someone will see Someone will hear The attacks Battles being waged on my heart Be a witness to the hinest crimes But no one hears No one sees No one cares So when asked to step forward Lend the helping hand Testify To better the interworking of humanity So someone can believe it exsist You're nowhere to be found Too many expectations Hopes That were never met Disappointment is a shadow The beginning of a darkness That if allowed to progress Turns to a different kind of evil It's impossible to fight Prevent As if a plague spreading through the land Not even a fortress can stop You asked me to open up Share my scars Each a story of heart break Each a reason for my fortress A wall built For every tear Every pain Every attack Caused by the damage on my heart The aftermath Of friends Family Associates Who thought words were meaningless Lies had the purpose of protection Yet whenever they messed up Fired into a crowd of hope Protesting for a better day Praying for a little change They shot my heart You asked me to share Open up If I do You'll see a heart on his deathbed Tired of fighting Living a life Hoping He survives the day That no one will attack Knowing all too well It's inevitable A fortress protects my heart Keeps fear Pain Sorrow away.... But also love What's life If you travel believing no one will love you Because every bridge Ended in tragedy No one will take the time See your wounds That turned a palace Into a fortress So you're left alone Abandoned A witness to others interaction with love Something never to knock on the door But sneak in Appear from nowhere A pleasure That doesn't happen behind a fortress I built walls to protect my heart But sometimes We build too many walls And not enough bridges
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Truth from the Heart
The past This delightful flagrance That turns to poisonous gas I regretted this moment I never wanted to do this Deal with this notion The fact that you're gone But were you ever here Truly I learned to laugh Smile While I walked through hell I guess you gave me practice Unfulfilled promises Dreams Never becoming reality Is this who I'm destine to be No matter what I do What I say Promises I can never deliver I remember Looking up to you Admiring you I wanted to be you But the day I realized That isn't a life Living dream to dream Idea to idea Project to project I realized... I never want to be you I can't I don't need money The best gifts Things I think I want What about sitting with you Just for an hour Can I hug you Shake your hand Actually talk Time is precious Can't be replaced with materials I tried I was there But I need to be better That's not the man you want The man you can be proud of Things don't have to be perfect But a surprise visit Isn't too much to ask I wish it didn't come to this Separated by distance Circumstance Now.... We're too different The past You can't separate The good from the bad I'm suppose to hate you Not love you Fight for you Now I don't know what to do I lost Abandoned By someone I never thought Considered I regretted this moment Never wanted to do this Can't paint this picture This hurt Open my heart See for yourself Everything hidden Authenticity so rare The stories I'm incapable to share
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Broken Cry
Question Have you ever Been in this position Being pushed To the extreme The mind and the heart Clashing Pain in every fiber Traveling through every vein Of your being Then one circumstance One altercation One person Breaks it all Pass the breaking point Broken No way To come together No Humpty Dumpty story Left with my heart bleeding My mind racing How Why I don't wanna talk Please Don't make me Because I can't The pain Hurt Overwhelms my thought process I don't understand How I ended up here Falling Everything around me Getting darker As I fall further A place for the broken toys Simply to be forgotten Unable to be fixed Overcome by feelings Emotions Indescribable All threaten To destroy you If not the bleeding heart Then my emotions That joined together To end anything in it's path No way out Nothing No one Can help Save me From myself This shell That smiles As if I'm not dying Slowly Bleeding out Enemies preparing for attack No one can help If no one knows Sees the heartbreak Pieces from my humanity Slipping a way I tried I fought But I lost I broke I can't help you If I'm not together Myself My cry for help That no one hears A sign No one sees My heart No one notice Bleeding I'm broken Yet no one knows No one helps Have you been there Broken Cry
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Escape
There's a place I picture in my mind Paint onto the walls Of my subconscious Somewhere to go When it's too hard When it doesn't make sense A peaceful house On the country-side Near a stream A beautiful place Untouched With the complexity Of the world People Greed Hatred That thrive in the world A place Where I can be free Just for a day Before the sun sets And darkness comes To swallow what's left To drag me To face my demons The darkest parts of me To take over No more peace No more joy Just a pit Filled with pain Gathered for weeks Sorrow that's ripe Anger that's plump Fruit of dispear Yet irresistible Leaves you running through doors Room to room Place to place Realm to realm How do I get back To peace My house That provided safety Yet feels like a dream Figment of the imagination To numb the pain of my realization No matter the effort The sweat Tears Blood I will always be alone No one can take the dispear The affliction Anger Built up Within the essence of my being Waiting for their victim Only I survive Only barely There's a place Built from the aftermath of my anger Founded in the depth of my sorrow Protected with the shield from my affliction Untouched By the darkness Painted on the walls of my subconscious To represent the declaration That the most beautiful Peaceful substances in life Is born of darkness And is indestructible
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Good bye
To whom it may concern: If you read this If you care This is good bye Sometimes in life The pain is too much The trials and tribulations Build up The heart is a delicate vessel If it fills Becomes over capacitated With no drainage No outlet No one empties it The sorrow The lake of regret Filled with heartbreak Polluted with aspects of my well-being That fell As I fought for my humanity The essence of my soul Trying to be... A better person Someone you can See as worthy Good Someone.... You can love Erase the sin Paint over the darkness Put the skeletons in the closet Burn any fear Uncertainty and insecurity Everything must be perfect For the one I love Only You didn't see that The effort I put in To hide my ugly parts Things I never wanted you to experience You saw through the act Exposed all of it And said it's okay You don't have to hide These scars Show the lessons that made you Not the battles you lost The multiple wounds You suffered It shows what Makes you beautiful Now.... I'm fighting with fire The abundance of feelings Morals Obligations That turns me into a powder keg Too close to a spark Deadly I can't hurt you Or burn the bridge That keeps us together Connected I love you More than you know Or possibly understand To whom it may concern: If you read this If you care This is good bye Sometimes in life You have to leave To protect the ones You care about The ones You love But.... This isn't forever
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Masks
You look at me See what's expected A smile Smirk Joyful eyes Meaningful words A mask You see me And assume I'm emotionless Have the audacity to assume I don't care Because I wear a mask Something that's meant To hide... Hide the affliction Of my thoughts That turn to revolutionists Turn to protesters And chant this is your fault Why didn't you do better Why weren't you brave enough ... You're nothing My mask Hides the scars Of a lifetime of tribulations Pain Bruises from the amount of times I've been hit With the aspects of my own subconscious The side of myself That hates me For not reaching for the stars For not turning his dreams To reality This mask Hides the tribulation I face before I even see you Because if I shown The severity of my pain Expressed how much this hurts Painted a portrait Even spelled it out... You wouldn't care No one ever cares So I'm subjected to a mask Something that hides The battle inside The monster Within A mask That shows the best of me.... So you won't see the worst of me
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Love Story
There's a story Of a person Who couldn't find love He looked everywhere Did things He's ashamed of Rather not say The methods he took The roads he traveled To fill this hole in his heart Nothing worked No matter how desperate he was When sexual desires failed Woman that fulfill fantasies Failed When friends failed When family failed He felt so empty So alone Nobody loved him No one at all He was a good person Went to church Prayed Wanted to do the right thing But nothing filled this hole A heart that's been broken Stomped on Bruised Crushed before his eyes Yet when the pieces were put together One piece Tiny Fragile Irreplaceable Can't be replicated Lost... Forever Never to be found But the hope That there's someone Who can help See the pain Frustration From fighting within Waging a war To save himself That seems unending Someone Who can give him their heart Even though he only has his broken heart Put together again and again To offer Someone that can love him As he would love them And a hole that seemed Unable to close A wound Unable to heal Slowly begins to fill, to heal
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Heartbreak
Do you remember That one fateful day The time we first spoke Not in greeting Or passing Really spoke Even then I truly believed You were one of a kind No one would have the audacity The gall To speak to me like that But you did The first time We really talked I remember thinking Man I like this girl Yet somewhere along the way Our hard road Filled with pot holes Cracks Bumps Barriers Somewhere along the way I like you Turned to... I love you Now we're here Where I'm so conflicted You loved someone else Someone you can't let go Someone who hurts you Breaks your heart Kill the essence of a queen Inside you As a virus Attacking the immume system Till nothing left I hate it Seeing you like this Hurting Bleeding Yet it's something I must endure No matter how much Pain grips my soul The woman I love Afflicted at the hands Of someone she loved Tears that flow As the abundance of of her pain Her heartbreak That fills the streets Taking us with it A cycle of torment That seems unending Unyielding I wish I could say something Anything That can fix this End this But there's nothing Nothing I can say Nothing I can do And frankly I hate it How did we get here One battle After the next Always something to fight But this is deep And frankly I don't know If we can make it
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Letters of Healing
Dear loved ones As you read this Understand that I'm not in a good place Doubt is a dangerous thing That makes you question Who you are The people in your life Are they for you Or against you Do they love you Or hate you Aim to despitefully use you Or be there for you Doubt That leads to fear and pain Dear friends Please understand that I'm in pain Just shy of unbearable I'm struggling to recover They say admitting it Is the first step Admitting that.... I lost I fell I was defeated So many times Round after round I lost everything..... I lost...... Everyone Dear family It's imperative You understand There isn't a synonym Simile Metaphor Word Sentence Paragraph That can describe The pain that tormented Mentally Physically Spiritually The horrible thoughts That entertained my subconscious And said This isn't up for discussion The dreams That had intercourse With my greatest fears That fed my actions Produced pain as an offspring Dear Lord Understand There isn't a word That can describe That can fix My broken spirit That'll heal My broken heart Comprehend It's a long Hard Road To travel But slowly, but surely I'm healing And coming back to myself Stronger Wiser Better Dear future me Understand I am no longer Broken Letters of healing
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Fear of the Cycle
How does it work The spark The charm One conversation How does it happen I'm overthinking Making a mountain Out of a mole hill Only thing is How can it be a mole hill When it's something I fear Something I doubt Will you think of me different I fear.... You already have What if I said the wrong thing I offend Rather than encourage Again.... I fear I already have What if I messed up I pushed her away In what I say, what I do Again I fear..... I already have How do I know Believe That this is different It's not the same situation The same cycle ....It has to be She's a different person A different friend But I fear.... I fear I lost her Because of my doubt Because of my fear It's okay to be intimidated We all are, at some point Only thing is you have a choice A choice that decides Are you successful.... Or are you a failure A choice between Allowing your fear to control you Or rise above it And not let it stop you Everyone has doubts Fears It makes you human But you can't Not for a second Allow it to control you Fear of the cycle
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Complicated Feelings
What can I say I love you I don't wanna lose you It's another day Another time I can see you But I can't speak I can't say what I want I'm embarrassed Not of you The moment I never been here Where someone cares They care like you It's.... Scary to me I'm not like you Strong Independent Loving I'm not.... I'm not like you You hold me down And the reason why this hurts This pain Just shy of unbearable Is because..... I love you So much And you don't know it Because I haven't shown it You make me smile My soul feel lighter The pain Disappears Because then I know In that moment That we're in this together And then I believe That we'll get through We'll get through this together I love you You just don't know..... How much Complicated feelings
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Too Late
If you see this If you get this I don't know where I'm going But I can't stay I've lost too much In every waking day It's too much to take The bondage of my responsibility My insecurity The fact.... Nothing changes My heart The statue of my downfall Bridge to desires Love Joy Peace Things inachievable here If you read this I don't know where I'm going But I can't stay I lost too much And I'm gone
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Imagine
Imagine Paint the picture of this feeling Everything perfect Once upon a time Then it falls apart Good times To the bad Then the ugly Something that almost breaks.... The most precious Cherished Possession Your relationship That came to the last straw That broke down To the last thread That could've ended it all No chances of survival They say that.... Time heals all wounds Give it time It'll get better Don't worry This right here In situations like this It'll either make you Or break you Give it time But imagine Paint the picture of months Seeing her Watching time past Hearing her laughter Joy Then knowing it's not because of you Stroke the pain The flashes of darkness That seems to overwhelm When she acknowledges you And you don't know what to say The hardest Painful days of your life Imagine Paint the picture of better days The pain begin to dull It's easier to face her And not feel The twisting of the thorn in your side Not feeling the need to act Put on the show Of the picture I'm okay Starring me No need for dress rehearsal In the mornings Preparing for the inevitable Confrontation Then it being washed away Painted over For the better portait Imagine Paint the picture Being so down Alone Nobody there Especially to say It's okay Don't worry It'll get better Then believing Trusting Constantly saying to yourself That if anyone.... But her Say those things I won't believe them I won't believe the words Of necessary encouragement Because it's not her It's not her voice Her genuine concern Imagine Being in such a position When you need someone So much But know it's impossible Until the wall comes down Ending your cold war Then what was simply a wish Simply a dream Have the power to become reality Imagine
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Wages of War
Never saw it coming The pain that sting a lifetime Torment that never ends But increases as time passes A broken heart That never heals You've been abandoned Time after time Father Friends Loved ones No one ever stays Those that did Trapped and destroyed what little you had left Alone Discarded No one wants a person that's..... Broken Spiritually Emotionally Physically stressed I tried to be the ideal person Smile Laugh Help The strain to simply hold it together When it's as if I'm dying to do so Every smile Runs 20 miles Every laugh Suffocates To pretend as if I'm okay When World War 1 and 2 rages inside Don't pretend to understand To help, assist There's nothing you can possibly do The expression of this pain Shows the severity of my damage Anxiety and affliction That conquered the elements of my humanity Confidence Love Joy Peace And proclaimed them prisoners of war A war for the essence of my being A war I cannot win I've lost too much Sacrificed so much Yet nothing works How do one end the cycle of affliction Something that kills you from the inside
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