The Weight of Negativity

They say I am too negative,  

But they don't see the weight I bear,  

A heart bruised by shadows past,  

Eyes dimmed by a world unfair.

Each step I take is heavy,  

With memories I can't release,  

And though I long for lighter days,  

The pain gives no reprieve.

They tell me to look for the light,  

But my vision's blurred by scars,  

I once reached for the stars above,  

Now I expect the fall, not stars.

It's not that I don’t want to change,  

Or crave the warmth of sun,  

But when your world is shaped by pain,  

You fear the worst will come.

So I carry this weight in silence,  

A victim of wounds they can't see,  

Perhaps I am more than negative,  

Perhaps this pain is just part of me.