Depression doesn't just come and go; it's a lifelong battle that constantly eats at you. Most days are okay, you're happy and smiling, but then there are those days where you're so numb that you can't even breathe. Nothing feels like it should. Your head hurts, your heart pounds, there's nothing to feel. Numbness surrounds you and everything is muted.
Suicide is the third leading cause of deaths in teens of North America. Children and young as 13 have said that they feel their life has no significance. What happened to those children that they gave up their dreams at such a young age? Why can't we fix it?
The world is broken, wounded and dying. The people that live in this world are no different. We say that we're making it better, but are we really? More laws are put in place just to be broken by those who don't care. The more people try to control those around them, the more chaos is to ensue.
We can't fix it...If we first cannot fix ourselves, there is no hope for this world. Everyone is going to die and there is nothing to stop it.
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Poems And Quotes
PoetryThis is a collection of poems and quotes from a time in a teenager's life when she thought she had nothing. In reality, the world had given her everything she had ever wanted; a family, a lover, a friend. She's no longer there, not anymore, but she...
