Life (What’s The Point!)
every time i look, i just don’t see—
anything for the future,
and nothing for me.
every time i think of dying,
i find myself adrift in a sea of despair,
crying,
sitting there.
life feels like a sentence,
full of tears.
but if i bide my time,
perhaps the terror will fade,
and i might be free in a few years.
yet my future looms as a dark horizon.
the tears rise deep inside me,
my troubles climbing higher.
life feels cold, dark, and empty.
life is a fridge—
full of fleeting treasures, none of which last.
and isn’t it strange, tottering on the ridge.
James Garratt – Friday 12th March 1993
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More poems from 1993 here
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Life (What’s The Point!) – Written Friday 12th March 1993 (Aged 18)
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 
“Life is a sentence full of tears” this is such a captivating line
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Again, this is really early on. But thank you, this felt very teenage and self absorbed but I guess you tend to be when you’re young :). Comment much appreciated.
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But there’s a lot of things we can learn from our younger selves too, so don’t dismiss it quite yet!
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Oh no, I don’t dismiss, this whole ‘ typing up my writing’, has been a complete journey of learning. For me, the life narrative we construct is so different to what you actually find. And you have to start and grow somewhere don’t you
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Yes, you do! Gotta start somewhere
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Thank you 🙂
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