Ink and Quill- Jess's Poem Collection

The Wall

A wall

Hiding you

Surrounding

Your brain,

Unbreakable.

Hides you

From the monsters

And the bullies.

Acts

For you.

No control,

Causing crazy things.

One release,

One key

To escape

The prison:

Poetry.

You twist the key

In the lock.

You escaped.

But

No one

Believes

That it's

Really you.

You're not

Really insane.

You're not

Always wild.

You're not

Bulletproof.

You can

Fall

From the tallest

Of trees.

You are

Afraid

Of many

Things.

So you retreat

To the wall.

For you

Are too vulnerable

Without it,

Too easily hurt.

Sometimes you

Open the latch

And venture

Outside,

Only to find

That nothing has changed.

Nothing about you

Seems to fit in,

Even your name

Is laughingstock.

You wish

For the wall

To lean on

And cry.

Wishing for

Someone to understand.

Locking the gate

But you can't forget

What you saw

Outside,

What you wished,

What you feared.

Coming out is

An obsession,

But you are afraid

To show

Who you really are

So you stay

Behind the wall. 

This is actually the poem that broke my wall, and told me I needed to change. It made me who I am today.