Nathan Schneider Poems

Anything I accomplished is miniscule
I made a minute degree of mattering
I was that the kid in the corner
The one ready to get knocked out of existence
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You’d think I’d want none of it after what I’ve been through
But I only want more, I can take a beating like no one else
All this dirt and crud thrown at my face
I merely wipe it off and continue on
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It’s hardwired into our psyche
Don’t be mad if you fall from life
Even if you fall away many times its part of life
I would know, I’ve fallen and lost sight of everything
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As he’s sitting down on the curb
Broken, tired of losing everything he has
He sits up and takes a deep breath
He thinks of all he’s lost of what he use to have
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They comb the streets
Everyone sees them roaming
Looking for meaning or something to stand for
No future in sight only the present
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My hearts on fire
Soon it’ll be ash, nothing left
If you don’t ever have that feeling, go and find it
I’d rather have my heart on fire for something
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As I hit the walls in my life I get slowed down more and more
It’s a warzone in my head and I’m losing
It’s been weeks since I’ve won or had the feeling of being in control
I’m on my last urge to fight it off for any longer
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Gone is being dismal
Gone is self doubt
Gone are the scares or creeps of life
I’m living now instead of dying
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About to finish it strong
Carrying it to the end all the way
All the loose ends have been tied up
Success is inching closer and closer to me
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I was lost out in the alleyway
Discarded, broken, on my last limb
I looked fine but inside I was hurting
I had the word lost burned in my heart
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