"pathetic genius"
i smirk at unabashed ignorance--
though i have nothing to show
for years of hiding inside my head.
i revel in their faults,
but i am dying in my doubt--
for all my arrogance,
i have yet to speak the truth aloud.

yet the beauty in people
intimidates me into silence--
true genius to outshine
those strengths i had such pride in.
their brave laughter
is a testament to my disaccord
with this extreme world.

it is a pathetic genius
to be able to recognize tragedy,
yet unable to recover from it.

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