Saturday Morning Special

There's Always a "But"

I see the world in color

but everything is black and white

I don't care what people think of me

but I need everyone to like me

I seek the chance to know all

but I can't be all knowing

I drink to dull the pain 

but it can't be masked forever

I fail while trying to succeed

but I succeed because I hate failing

I sleep only for the sake of living

but I worry so much I don't sleep

I am more talented than most people

but I am considered to be average

I never stress about the little things

but the little things are the most stressful

I bleed when I've been cut

but it's the emotional wounds that sting

I think that love can last forever

but it's near impossible to find

I know that I was put on this earth

but in no way do I think it was by "God"

I believe there is life on other planets

but it won't be found during my lifetime

I cry when something truly effects me

but I haven't cried in many years

I run away from all my problems

but they run twice as fast as me

I want much more than I need

but I need nothing that I want

I feel trapped by my own mind

but my mind is what sets me free

I blindly accept that which is the norm

but I see that there is no such thing

I take my life for granted

but I always live life to the fullest

I never start what I can't finish

but I can't finish without starting

I live to tell my own story

but my story can not yet be told

Thanks for the awesome poem Alex!