I Try...

Abbe Golding, 13, US

I try too hard for it all to come back in my face,
I try to run but each stride slows my pace.
I try not to let it bother me,
I try like the great defenders of the sea.
I try to explain it but no one can understand,
I try like a daughter holding a mother's hand.
I try but nothing works out just the way I plan,
I try drawing a heart but it is washed away in the sand.
I try to believe the voices I hear in my head,
I try to tell myself it's all for the better like the dreams in my head.
I try so hard and now I realize it is time to let go,
I try, but now I wait, I wait for life the show.