Vpham7
This poem is a story about how society looks down on mental health. In times where someone is hurt, you cannot necessarily tell what they are experiencing.
Author's Comments:
Whatever someone is experiencing, whether it be from sorrow to the feelings of failure, always try to offer them a helping hand. You never know if you will be the reason that someone lives another day and becomes successful. As a society, we should do our best to erase this stigma around mental health.
**SPOILER** - **POEM BREAKDOWN**
The audience represents society and the antagonist is the protagonist's own thoughts and insecurities. The light in this represents hope; it represents life. Although the main character starts well-off in life, the main character ends up tripping and falling representing how life has its downfalls and the character is now faced with adversity that they need to conquer. The audience is a society that looks down on mental health. Typically, an audience will not help a performer because of "crowd mentality" or they think that is part of the act; leaving the performer to help themselves. The shadow represents the character chasing something in life, whether it is their lifelong ambitions, financial stability, or even romance. As the curtains close, the performer loses hope and is getting hurt over and over. The line, "As he struggles to find his clone" representing how he has lost himself to adversity and is trying to return to a state of peace; trying to find himself again. The lights shut off and he is left in the dark, alone. With no hope left. Society sits and watches him suffer embarrassment and hurt. In the end, the character gives up on trying anymore and ends up dying without anyone ever noticing.