I’m a Failure

Virgil James
2 min readNov 13, 2023

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I am.

I can’t do anything right

I can’t do my schoolwork

I can barely do my chores

This poem?

This poem is the product of my writer’s block

My failure to come up with something to write

Has me venting in stanzas and lines about shit no one cares about

Just to post something on this fucking site.

I’m a failure.

My plans for the future are…shaky, at best

I tried to try something new at the beginning of the year

And I gave up.

I barely talk to my friends

I’m about two seconds away from disappearing from them forever.

I’m a failure

I don’t have a future

I don’t have a life

I can barely enjoy my hobbies

I can’t do anything I need to do

I’m a failure

I lie all the time

I lie so well that most people can’t tell the difference

There are usually no signs I give when I lie

I do it so effortlessly

Like breathing.

Hell, what if I’m not telling the truth now?

How would you know if I wasn’t?

I’m a failure

Because someone who wasn’t wouldn’t feel like this

They wouldn't feel like everything is falling apart in front of them

They wouldn’t feel like they can’t do anything

They wouldn’t feel the need to latch on to adults that aren’t family

For some validation and comfort.

I’m a failure.

And I’m most likely stuck this way.

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Virgil James
Virgil James

Written by Virgil James

Hi! I'm an aspiring author who is seventeen and a feminine trans man! I post short stories and poems! Sometimes I post stories about my life as well!

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