The Ladder

I’m climbing a never ending ladder

But the higher I go, the harder I fall

It doesn’t matter if I can see the end

Because whenever I’m almost there

You gently push me back

Then wave and smile and tell me

How lovely it is to be you

To have everything you want

And everything you need

And how you’re so so sorry

It must suck to be me

You never hold your hand out

You never throw a rope

Just watch and pretend to be sympathetic

I’m just some freaking joke

You complain because I climb too slow

Watch as the splinters cut my hands

When I go faster you shrug and fold your arms

Because you need to see more effort

Before you’ll lend a helping hand

When I stop to take a breath

You say I must keep moving

When I fall you just look down at me

And shake your head my way

Then you go back to loving you

Because I just don’t matter
I’m just not good enough

It doesn’t matter how hard I try

I’m trying to climb life’s ladder

But no matter what I do

I’ll never reach the top

Without a little help from you

Author's Note

Okay... comments & criticism welcome, but don't ask me to change anything in this one (unless its a typo). I wrote it all in one angry spew and this is just how it came out. But I feel a little better now that I'm done :D

Reviews

[Elvina CZq]

I have always believe that when a person writes in a true emotional way - be it angry, sad, or happy, the writing always turns out truthful and beatiful even though there would show some grammatical error. But I doubt it will contain some error because it's from your heart.

I sensed pure emotions through your writing. Very well written.

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good write.

[Lexi Nicole]

Great write! I can feel all the pain and frustration in it. It's great that you can use writing as a venting mechanism. You can turn all your emotions into something beautiful, like this.

I just spotted one little typo. "When I fall you just down at me". I'm guessing you meant look down or stare down or something along those lines?

Aside from that one teensy mistake, this is excellent! Great work! ^^

[Dev]

I like this loads.. Really nice and expressive but remember, you can reach the end of your ladder on you own and then set fire on the person who didn't help you's @$$ :P