Too Far Gone

Here is a poem that I written a while ago (probably in 2010). I know I was only 18 when I wrote it. It's written in permanent marker on my bedroom wall (along with many song lyrics and quotes). It's called "Too Far Gone" and at the time I considered it one of the best pieces I've ever written. It's about how people tend to judge our actions but never ask why we reacted the way we did. I always felt like that was one of the most unfair aspects of life. We all have a story and we all are the way we are for a reason. No one decides to wake up in a bad mood and no one turns out the way they are simply because they felt like it. There's more to everyone and I think that people should always remain mindful of that. Basically, it's for anyone who has ever felt misunderstood (which is everyone).

What do you do when you believe

But your faith isn't strong?

When you do the right thing

But it ends up wrong?

I'm walking around this empty space

Leaving pieces of me all over the place

And it's not good enough

No, it's never good enough!

And no one ever stops to get it

Just how painful it is

To be twisted up on the inside

To have nowhere to hide

And you're wrong when your finger's up in the air

But they're right when they judge the unfair

And no one seems to notice

How tragic you really are

And no one seems to really care...