the point?

By Dallas Weathers

A sense of absence tickles 

no; claws at the thing in my hollow brittle chest

beating raggedly and pumping acidic and sour blood through my veins

For the fear of becoming just another bland souled, mindless being 

chasing worldly things never to be fulfilled

looking everywhere but inward to stop this endless cycle haunts me

This fear begins to make you wonder 

wonder if your purpose in life 

is to totally and completely alienate yourself from others

your ability to inspire such anger from your peers 

confirms this gruesome thought

inspiring ones thoughts and words to be laced with so much venom;

that you begin to believe you may be the devil. 

this eerie language is not enough for you though 

anyone can be angry 

its the weakest and most attainable emotion

this leads you begin to wonder why everyone is so fragile 

priding themselves on bottomless literature 

and unattainable status 

why?

what does any of that matter 

if at the end of the day when you lay down and close your eyes 

a feeling of melancholy follows you 

behind your eyes creeping into your soul 

because you know that nobody knows the real you  

the one that comes out when you arent performing

or hiding 

or trying to escape what youve deemed to be inevitable

In all of this rumination, you now realize that no one person 

has any true purpose

you now understand that you are free to do whatever you want;

just never without cost

you begin to understand further that our purpose as people, is to be gentle

to be kind, and to forgive even when others dont deserve it 

because forgiveness is to set your soul free, not theirs 

Our purpose as people, 

lies within our hearts 

inside the marrow resting deep with in our bones. 

We are defined as who we are, by what we do 

so I not only encourage you, to find this purpose that lies dormant waiting for you 

but i implore you to set yourself free. 

Dallas Weathers is a woman whose outlook on life leads her struggles to pale in comparison to her strengths. Her writing emphasizes the concept of purpose and more importantly, how to find it.