Silence is golden

 

I was bored so wrote a poem! This was shortly after getting two medical school rejections in one day and wanting to monopolize on that sadness. Worshipping my grief and all that…

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I thought I was okay with being alone,

when only the word ‘silent’ described my home.

Actually, maybe ‘silent’ is too vast,

too empty, too hollow, like a feeling past.

Because the sounds in my head are the opposite of silent,

and the heart beat of the clock is confusingly violent.

 

I thought I was fine with listening to my thoughts,

until I realised the voices were retorts

to my own story, like a portable narrator.

Except I wasn’t the author, but just a curator.

I didn’t write the plot, instead I displayed it,

making it look planned and carefully orchestrated.

 

I thought I could cope with a set back, a failure.

But then why do I feel like I’ve become a traitor?

Perhaps because I’ve betrayed myself

by not achieving the trophy I thought I’d put on the shelf.

Maybe I’m not as resilient as I thought.

Have you noticed that each one of these verses is slightly too short?

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hey! i'm an 21 year old medical student (currently intercalating in anthropology) living it up in east london! i spend my spare time playing dixie chicks on guitar (badly), attempting to do yoga and turning it up at my church.

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