Depression Poems by Teens - Page 2

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  1. 21. Nobody Knows

    • By Emily
    • Published: August 2010

    Nobody knows how different I am
    The outside of me is not afraid
    Not full of pain, or even ashamed
    I smile and all of those ignorant fools believe

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    Death, pain, sorrow, these are the things that most of us know. Very few of us know what true love is like or have even had a first kiss, yet we've all felt pain, or is it just me who feels...

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  3. 22. The Shell

    I know so many people,
    But do they know me?
    They recognize the face,
    but that's all they ever see.

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    This really touched me because this describes me almost perfectly. I am someone who has to hide who I am, and there was only one person I didn't have to hide myself with. That person sadly...

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  5. 23. This Life Is Mine

    • By Bryan Leblanc
    • Published: August 2009

    I lie in my bed, lost,
    My soul covered with frost.
    As I start to shiver,
    My soul begins to wither.

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    Beautiful poem. Wow, I can tell you wrote this poem from your heart. I love it.

  6. 24. Ignorance

    • By Kate H.
    • Published: April 2014

    Is anybody out there?
    Is anybody listening?
    The words from my mouth are silent,
    But my tears scream your name.

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    To tell you the truth, I never thought that such people depressed like me exist. Well, my depression started when I started my high school. The cutting started, then came suicidal...

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  7. 25. In A Place Called Depression

    • By Anonymous
    • Published: July 2008

    Depression is not just sadness
    It's an emotion of lonely and inner madness
    It gives you thoughts of pain and loss
    That other people don't give a toss

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    Wow, this poem was so... deep. It's just amazing, I can really relate to what you're saying. Keep your head up.

  8. 26. The New Me

    • By J. Dezz
    • Published: April 2014

    Sometimes it gets better.
    Sometimes you heal.
    Sometimes my eyes get wetter
    Waiting for these scars to heal.

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    That is so amazing. It really touched me because I nearly killed myself because I used to self-harm I don't do it anymore, but sometimes I'm tempted, but I get through it and you will too!...

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  9. 27. Tiauna

    She couldn't help but realize
    That she was slowly starting to change.
    Maybe it was the look hidden in her eyes
    Or her actions becoming so strange.

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    I can relate to you. My best friend was going through the same thing.

  10. 28. Chasing Sunsets

    • By Natalie Grace
    • Published: March 2016

    Having depression and anxiety is like being thrown into a raging, surging ocean
    When you don't know how to swim.
    Meanwhile, the whole world expects you to keep swimming forward,
    To keep excelling and moving onward in this thing called life.

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    I am 17 years old and have been struggling with depression and anxiety for six years. The people who notice don't care enough to help me get help. I would love just for a day to get a...

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  11. 29. I Have A Secret

    • By Stephanie Croston
    • Published: March 2014

    I have a secret.
    It tears me apart
    Each and every day,
    Making its way to my heart.

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    I had a similar story to this. I suffer from depression myself. It’s all right to get emotional and let everything out. I’m still going through my depression. I have been for 12 years now,...

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  12. 30. No More

    • By Caroline
    • Published: July 2016

    My eyes are heavy,
    My mind is sore.
    I don't think
    I can take this anymore.

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  13. 31. All I Feel Is Darkness

    • By Lindsay
    • Published: April 2017

    Darkness closes in around me
    As I lay my head to sleep,
    Thinking of the sadness that I weep.
    Every tear shed is a fear forgotten.

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    I'm her, but I'm not. I am the one who walks in the halls with a smile and a giggle...but i'm not. The girl who was so sure of her future, the girl who would sneak the sun inside for a short...

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  14. 32. The Beginning

    • By Blackrose7
    • Published: January 2017

    He whispered to her one day, Depression did.
    She was just reading in her room when
    He creeped up and whispered in her ear,
    "No one loves you."

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    This is very well written. The message here can also be associated with any addiction. It's just how it works. You shut it out for ages, you struggle every day, then when you're not on your...

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  15. 33. I Promise

    • By Rianna
    • Published: September 2015

    There is a girl
    She used to live a lie
    She used to cry
    You wonder why

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  16. 34. Indescribable

    • By Mack
    • Published: October 2015

    The burning hate,
    so severe, everlasting,
    the hate you take every day,
    that you absorb,

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    I am very touched by this poem . I have favored it and I will show it to others if asked about depression. Thank you!

  17. 35. Monsters Roar Inside Me

    • By Gracie Kilroy
    • Published: March 2008

    I'm closed up ready to burst.
    Every freakish thought tingles inside me.
    My feelings want to escape but they live in silence.
    They can't find a way to morph into words,

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