Given Up Poem by megan dickson

i am tired of all the hurt
and the pain
i feel like less than dirt
and all of my efforts have been in vain

your words sliced me open
your actions salted my wounds
i thought without you my life was over and done
that i couldnt live without you
and i've never been able to prove myself wrong

now its just me against the world
out in the bitterness and the cold
left searching for comfort
from all the wrong resources
who is guaranteed to hurt me without as much as a justifiable cause

now im as dark as can be
im hardly me
but i dont care
because i've had my share
i've had things real tough
and now i've just given up