The Undisputed Defeat of an Adolescent

<p>This is my defeat</p><p><br />hidden underneath<br />an identity <br />created at seventeen</p><p> </p><p>This is my defeat <br />whispering to me<br />about false serenities<br />and lands of tumbleweeds</p><p> </p><p>This is my defeat<br />clawing mercilessly<br />at the back my throat<br />perhaps by time you’ve read this<br />I might have found hope</p>