One Girl
One Girl
Hopping out of a grey church van
She's so nervous
Will anybody like her?
One Girl
She sits by herself
Until a girl walks up
And becomes her friend
One Girl
The duo laugh and talk
Until it's time for supper
Where the duo becomes a trio
One Girl
Meeting her new "family"
She's trying so hard
To control her anxiety
One Girl
She sings, she dances
She tries to have fun
From the dining hall to the campfire
One Girl
She's praying with her "family"
Saying what she wants to
Holding back what she doesn't
One Girl
She goes to sleep
Where there is no one to save her
From the chaos of her mind
One Girl
Surrounded by nature
Writing down the thoughts
She's too afraid to speak
One Girl
Her frisbee hits a tree
Her mind takes her and runs
How many are secretly laughing at her?
One Girl
She goes day by day
Wanting the five days to be up
But also never wanting to leave
One Girl
She's on Day Two
Not wanting to wear her swimsuit
For fear of how people will see her
One Girl
She's going down the river
Pushing and riding in a tank
She discloses more than she wants to
One Girl
She's on Day Three
Running through a paintball course
Shooting and dodging
One Girl
She's on Day Four
She wants so bad to open her heart
Can she find the strength she needs?
One Girl
She gathers around the campfire
For the last time
The speaker really hits a chord
One Girl
She's finally ready to admit
The one thing she's wanted to
For that whole week
One Girl
She opens her mouth to speak
Strength rushing in, but in a flash
Her strength is gone, she's silenced again
One Girl
She's finally on Day Five
She's getting her last group time
Last prayer, last canteen
One Girl
She looks around the campground
She's going to miss it here
And all of her new friends
One Girl
She learned that people care about her
Because sometimes at home
It feels like no one wants her
One Girl
She's realizing that she can't
And that she won't
Let social anxiety control her
One Girl
Broken and afraid
But with the help of her friends
She's learning to put herself back together
One Girl
Going home, ready to start
The healing process, ready to let go
Of her anxiety, of her fears
One Girl
She starts therapy, and suddenly
She doesn't feel nervous anymore
She's actually making some progress
One Girl
Ready for the new school year
But wait, what's that?
A new kid says hello
One Girl
Her heart is pounding
She can't breathe, her hands are shaking
She doesn't know what to do
One Girl
The anxiety attacks are back
But she doesn't let anyone know
She hides everything she's feeling
One Girl
Her anxiety gets worse
She can't go anywhere anymore
Without having an attack
One Girl
She faces each day
Wearing a fake smile on her face
When really she's crying inside
One Girl
Suddenly it's too much to bear
She can't go on anymore
She can't bear to live like this
One Girl
She picks up the knife
And pulls it across her wrist
Wearing a genuine smile on her face
One Girl
She's all alone in her time of dying
Nobody knew about her anxiety, nobody cared
She was one girl in a world of many
One Girl
She sees the light and welcomes it
The anxiety finally broke her
She fixes herself as she slips away forever
One Girl
She was drowning
But nobody saw her struggle
Until she hit the bottom
One Girl
They read the words she wrote on the wall
With tears on their face
"Somebody, Please Save Me"
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My Poetry
PoetryOne day, a girl was given an assignment in English class. She had to write three odes, three haikus, and three free verse. She had only written her first three odes, when she was told they were too long, and she had to start over. She wasn't sure wh...
