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Let Go

March 12, 2011
By TNT25 SILVER, Johnstown, Ohio
TNT25 SILVER, Johnstown, Ohio
9 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Pain is just weakness leaving the body"


You know I've always been the kind of girl
who liked to walk in her own direction
Heart of stone and walls of steel
Nah, I didn't need protectin
So much has changed in so little time
Now, I have a confession

I was wrong

And here I am so
scared to death
a war is raging
'neath my chest
Harder to breath with
every breath
Well, that didn't take long

So wave goodbye to being strong
It's hard enough just to carry on
when everything you know is gone

I'm so tired of hanging
onto this cloud
So terrified
of falling to the ground
and I can't tell
which ways up or which ways down
but I keep pretendin'
For far too long
I've been up here
Waiting for you
to magically appear
take your hand
wipe away the tears
but I'm left fendin'
for myself
No one but God here
by my side
No reason left to
Fight this fight
I'm losing my grip, losing time
and I just wanna let go

You know I never thought I would
see the day when my walls came crashing down
Though my walls of steel kept me
safe and sound
and I thought they were strong enough
to keep you out
but I guess I was wrong

And now I see how blind I've been
But I can't blame this on ignorance
'cause the truth's been boiling
underneath my skin
It's been there all along

And I keep trying to be strong
But you make it harder just to carry on
Now everything I know is gone

And I'm so tired of hanging
onto this cloud
So terrified
of falling to the ground
and I can't tell
which ways up or which ways down
but I keep pretendin'
For far too long
I've been up here
Waiting for you
to magically appear
take your hand
wipe away the tears
but I'm left fendin'
for myself
No one but God here
by my side
No reason left to
Fight this fight
I'm losing my grip, losing time
and I just wanna let go

-Musical solo-
I'm so tired of hanging
onto this cloud
But I'm not ready
to fall to the ground
and I can't tell
which ways up or which ways down
What's the use in pretendin'
For far too long
I've been up here
Waiting for someone
who'd never appear
take their hand
wipe away the tears
Guess I'm stuck fendin'
for myself
No one but God here
by my side
I'm through
Fighting this fight
I'm losing my grip, losing time
and I just wanna let go

I think I might let go
Just wanna let go


The author's comments:
Wrote this over the summer last year.

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TNT25 SILVER said...
on Apr. 8 2011 at 7:55 pm
TNT25 SILVER, Johnstown, Ohio
9 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Pain is just weakness leaving the body"

Thanks, and I will:)

on Apr. 8 2011 at 3:28 pm
chrisoulakat PLATINUM, Tinley Park, Illinois
48 articles 10 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Stop waiting and be free. Of me- put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live. Love the world and yourself in it, move through it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element." -The Time Traveler's Wife

This is very emotional, and relatable. I love your style of writing! Keep writing! :)