21. I'm Depressed
People say chin up,
But I just feel like giving up.
People say smile and it will all go away,
But I feel like crying each day.
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I stumble trying to speak. My mind talks to me. I'm alive but not present in my life. I try to say, "I'm fine," but I'm never truly fine. I like to be alone so I can bare my thoughts, but...
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22. The New Me
Sometimes it gets better.
Sometimes you heal.
Sometimes my eyes get wetter
Waiting for these scars to heal.Featured Shared StoryThat 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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23. Another Breakdown
It's hard when you're always lying,
Always hiding the way you feel.
Losing your sight on truthful words,
Forgetting what is real.Featured Shared StoryThanks for writing this touching poem! I have struggled my way through so many things that nobody ever cared to ask me about. I had a very troubling childhood and I still suffer from it. The...
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24. Ignorance
Is anybody out there?
Is anybody listening?
The words from my mouth are silent,
But my tears scream your name.Featured Shared StoryTo 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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25. Chasing Sunsets
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.Featured Shared StoryI 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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26. I Have A Secret
I have a secret.
It tears me apart
Each and every day,
Making its way to my heart.Featured Shared StoryI 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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27. Stay Strong
You might not understand it, you might just ask why
That all I want to do is just lay down and die.
I tried to get help; I tried to see the light,Featured Shared StoryHey I had Depression and I looked to God and he delivered me and saved me, because through him anything is possible!
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28. In A Place Called Depression
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 tossFeatured Shared StoryWow, this poem was so... deep. It's just amazing, I can really relate to what you're saying. Keep your head up.
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29. This Life Is Mine
I lie in my bed, lost,
My soul covered with frost.
As I start to shiver,
My soul begins to wither.Featured Shared StoryBeautiful poem. Wow, I can tell you wrote this poem from your heart. I love it.
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30. I'm Dying On The Inside
Analysis of Form and Technique
You see a smile on the outside,
But that's all you can see.
What if tears run down my face on the inside?
Featured Shared StoryThis is my poem of the day because I feel the same way. My boyfriend and I were going through drama, and he think it's okay for him not to say how I feel about it, but it hurts me deep inside...
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31. Suicidal Temptations
Shattered soul, tattered mind.
The way back is what I hope to find.
Broken dreams lost without a trace.
Lately I've been feeling a little out of place.Featured Shared StoryEveryone is beautiful. I'm sorry if something made you feel like you weren't. I can connect with the poem for reasons I don't care to name, but I'm glad you said something. I can't convince...
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32. The Beginning
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."Featured Shared StoryThis 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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33. Deep Down The Sea, Far From Shore
Picking seashells to put on sand castles
And swimming in the water near the shore
She's the happiest girl you've seen before
Always smiling, shining her lightFeatured Shared StoryThis poem really hit home. It was very comforting in a way, knowing that I'm not the only one that feels this way. I could relate a lot to the words, especially "you think she's the happiest...
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34. No More
My eyes are heavy,
My mind is sore.
I don't think
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35. All I Feel Is Darkness
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.Featured Shared StoryI'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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36. Withholding
I learned to hold my breath in me
'Til my blue face blended in with the sea
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37. My Room, Dark Black
my room, dark black
my nightmares come back
my past, won't leave me
I need someone to free meFeatured Shared StoryI can relate to this poem a lot. My best friend killed himself last year in December, and I regret not being a better friend because I feel like I could have saved him if I had tried hard...
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38. Monsters Roar Inside Me
I'm closed up ready to burst.
Every freakish thought tingles inside me.
My feelings want to escape but they live in silence.
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39. I Promise
There is a girl
She used to live a lie
She used to cry
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40. Indescribable
The burning hate,
so severe, everlasting,
the hate you take every day,
that you absorb,Featured Shared StoryI am very touched by this poem . I have favored it and I will show it to others if asked about depression. Thank you!
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