Naylene's Book Of Poems

Mental Illness

I mentioned i was in the hospital for mental problems and the guy i told took a step back

like i was a dangerous criminal

or i was going to kill him.

Is this how people see us?

As monsters?

There needs to be an intervention.

We are not who you think we are,

Depression is not sitting alone in your room and staying in watching Netflix,

Depression is a monster that rules over us and our emotions,

It claws at us and makes us want to die.

Mental Illness is not something to joke about.

We are not who you think we are.

I was in the hospital and a girl came in who had tried to kill herself by two ways,

I was scared at first.

But I got to know her and

My god,

She was the sweetest person to ever exist,

She sang like she was born in heaven,

She made art like it was nothing.

She had such a sad background and we often do,

but we don't always have to have a sad life to be depressed.

All of the girls there,

We watched Pitch Perfect together and sang along,

I had never in my life felt like i belonged somewhere until then.

We are not deranged monsters,

We are the kids who stay up too late contemplating if we should take our life,

Making marks on our skin to make sure we are still alive.

Mental Illness is not pretty.

The most fucked up people are the sweetest people.

I have learned that.

Do not judge us for you don't know our story.

We are not who you think we are.