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I wrote this for the #poetictone simply because as the one who set the challenge I wanted to participate. Did I mention in the post that I struggle with consistency? Cause I struggle with consistency, my poems are all over the place half the time and this is a great example of how heavily I struggle with this

…… conscience-[c] I wrote this for the <a href='/c/lgbtq-teens/tag/poetictone/'>#poetictone</a> simply because as the one who set the challenge I wanted to participate. D

I live in shame.

The same shame which haunts.

Lingering like a ghost,

It tells me that everything done is wrong.

That all I have committed is harm.

My mother always said I was too empathetic,

Carrying around my care around my neck.

I say I feel too much,

Regretting every move.

As if I have something I have to over-prove.

Like I have done something wrong,

Haunted by actions which weren’t my fault.

I live in shame.

Because some part of my brain,

Has built up a complex,

Of hate and disgrace.

Each day I pray and pray,

That this conscience wont eat me away.

And that I will live without this weight,

Knowing that I tiptoe this line,

Trying to do everything right,

Because of my own responsibility,

To each and every small mistake.

Feeling liability from existing this way,

When all I have done is try and learn,

But now I try and pray,

Hoping these imaginary sins will wash away…

The word I was given was “guilt” which is why I did the dots in the title, didn’t want to give it away. But it is meant to be “guilty conscience”

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