Human

by Lady Nik   Dec 16, 2009


If only this was my last word
written for the eyes of no one.
Silent only for a second
of the many roaming hours of speech.
Talk to me if you dare.

We are human...
or at least that's what I was told.
Honestly I don't feel like the rest.
Sure I have a beating heart
if that's what you want
to call the pieces of meat
in my hand. I used to
have a pair of veins
until I got angry and cut
them up. Snip snip...
I don't fit in.

Will I ever?

Is there some machine I can step
into that will change my DNA.
The strands of insanity
that make my emotions
actions. I want to cry
and not wake up bleeding.
I'd like to be able to take one
pill and not eat the bottle.

What happened to make me
such a basket case. I'm not
sure you can tell me...maybe it's
some sick part of being human
that I just don't understand.

Do you?

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  • 14 years ago

    by KJ

    Sure I have a beating heart
    if that's what you want
    to call the pieces of meat
    in my hand.

    ^^--my favorite part. These few lines (one sentence) showed the most emotion.

    I would agree with Rocky about the flow being just a tad off. But the voice of a troubled, tired, longing Human was heard. And that is what really makes this poem a great one.

    Amazing write Nik :)

    5/5
    --Kay Jay

  • 14 years ago

    by Rocky

    The flow of this poem was a bit off. but it was emotional and i feel that tha is way more important than flow or form or rhyme scheme

    and i thik the problem isnt in being human, but in trying to not be. religeon, society, people you know and ones you have never met. and even people who you love and love you, all try to fit you into a card board cutout of how they feel you should be. and when something in you rebels and you dont live upto their image of you ,they all blame you. it is never enough to simply be human, to be yourself. we are always expected to be something else, we even expect this of ourselves

  • 14 years ago

    by Sumit Ojha

    Little long but fine...

  • 14 years ago

    by Michael D Nalley

    Very contempary dark poem with an amazing free flow

  • 14 years ago

    by BlueEyedMystery

    We are human...
    or at least that's what I was told.
    Honestly I don't feel like the rest.
    Sure I have a beating heart
    if that's what you want
    to call the pieces of meat
    in my hand.

    -- That was my favorite part, because in a weird way, I can relate. Sometimes I really don't feel human. Sometimes I feel like a monster, but this was a great poem, just like the rest of yours. I think all of your poems have a uniqueness to them, which is why I like them. :]

    Keep writing.
    Cayce

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