Do You Wonder? (Original Poetry)

 

Do you wonder what it must feel like

To be surrounded by diffused air, 

But still always be short of breath? 

To be submerged in saline oceans, 

Seeking anxiously a breath of fresh air, 

But only catching a whiff of despair?

To be able to see the world about you, 

But not know how to merge with them? 

To have everything right at your fingertips, 

But not want anything to do with them? 

To keep trying to cross over to the other side, 

But the bridge to cross keeps drifting away? 

To want to scale the tallest of all the heights, 

But fall while climbing up a single staircase?

To want to live your life to the fullest you can, 

And yet struggle to make the most out of a day? 

To crave the attention of the whole world, 

But wither within the sight of one person? 

To aim to build the largest castles in the air, 

But still remain bogged down by the past? 

To want to achieve everything you dreamed of, 

Yet remain unable to get over a single tiny fear? 

To want to live and also want to not stay, 

To want to do everything and nothing? 

To appreciate and dislike your own self, 

To dream big and also cut down your self? 

To live a life chock full of contradictions, 

And still strive to work towards one goal?