Things I'd Leave Behind

If I had the chance to leave behind

What makes my life a tragedy

I'd leave every thought inside my mind--

Mainly the ones wrapped in anxiety.

I would leave behind my cynicism and

the anger that brews inside of me.

I could also leave the immense sorrow

that always leads to misery.

And I'd leave behind my empathy, the kind that

leaves me in tears over others' lives.

And I'd definitely leave my trauma behind,

that cut deeper than the sharpest knives.

But most of all, I'd leave myself.

The darkest parts inside of me.

I'd leave behind the pain and all the self-disdain

until all that remains is tranquility

To be myself again.