We All Do
written by: Linda M. Crate
@thysilverdoe
everything feels stagnant,
i want to get out of these
anchors weighing me down;
feel like i keep running in place
instead of chasing after my
dreams—
something has to change,
but i don’t know what;
i am exhausted of every day being
exactly the same—
just want to know that everything
i am doing is worth it
because right now
i just don’t know,
right now everything seems to
be exhausting;
i am so tired of being tired
want to live and thrive and grow—
to live, not simply exist;
and i know i was born to do more
than pay bills and die
so i am fighting tooth and nail
for my own place in this world
because i know i deserve better than this:
we all do.
Linda M. Crate is a Pennsylvanian native born in Pittsburgh yet raised in the rural town of Conneautville. Her poetry, short stories, articles, and reviews have been published in a myriad of magazines both online and in print. She has three published chapbooks A Mermaid Crashing Into Dawn (Fowlpox Press - June 2013), Less Than A Man (The Camel Saloon - January 2014), and If Tomorrow Never Comes (Scars Publications, August 2016). Her fantasy novel Blood & Magic was published in March 2015. The second novel of this series Dragons & Magic was published in October 2015. The third of the seven book series Centaurs & Magic was published November 2016. Her novel Corvids & Magic was published March 2017.
Latest posts by Linda M. Crate (see all)
- It Was Never My Fault - November 21, 2023
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