Trying Hard Poem by Shelomith Noarbe

trying to be good
trying not to shout
trying to be cool
trying to be patient
trying to ignore
these words fighting in my mind
words of curse
words that will mislead me
trying to figure out
trying to picture out
trying to imagine things
things that could make my lips move
move into an perfect arc-shape
trying not to hate
trying not to kill
coping up with the innocence
innocence i once had
trying to clear everything up
trying to hold things light
trying to fear
breaking the glass
once shattered
but now well-formed
glass so fragile
glass so precious
trying hard
and still trying