Depression

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Yes, I have it,
Yes, I hate it,
Yes, I live with it

The pain
The hurt
The fear

It rips me apart
It messes with my head
It makes me shred my skin

It's hard to fight
It's hard to hold back
It's hard to never show

"You're so kind"
"You're so happy"
"You're so cheerful"

I hear it all the time,
But behind the smiles,
I'm a girl that deals with much more

I try not to show
I try not to cry
I try to hide the pain

That doesn't always work
Sometimes I break
Sometimes I disintegrate

Into a world that is unknown
Into a world that is what I like
Into a world that is different

Then I break out of it unwillingly
Would grab my blade
And cut my skin

Blood
Tears
Pain

All escaping me
All breaking me
All making me feel better

Don't ask me how
I, myself, don't even know
I don't think I'll ever know

Never
Ever
Ever

School is an escape for me
It never fails me
It always works

Nobody understands it
I never understood depression
Before I had it, that is

I thought it was something
You could easily make go away
Like it was wasn't a big deal

That's what I thought before
I thought cutting was a
Stupid way to get rid of it

That was before
Then I tried it
And couldn't stop

It was like drug
I didn't want to stop
Never do I want to stop

Just one more, I would say
Then that would turn into fifteen
Then I go onto twenty seven

The only way I could stop myself
Was to throw my blade
Right at the wall

I sat and stared at my arms
Never wanting to stop
Never wanting to move

I know there's other people with depression
Too many people with depression
Too many people

Just let me tell you somethings
You can get better
You can get through it

You can conquer the monster
The monster called depression
The monster inside you



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