The Mask Can't Hide Everything
The mask
Can't hide everything.
I stand here smiling at you.
The mask
Can't hide everything.
I stand here smiling at you.
Every morning like one puts on make up I put on the "I'm fine" mask and wear all day. It fools most people. But not yourself. At the end of the day I get to my bed and cry my heart out....
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Where did you go
Why wont you come back
I need to know
I'm very scared, cause you're not there...
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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Days go by and I'm still blank.
No expression, no emotion, just numb,
Numb to the pains and the letdowns of each day.
I have love, and I am loved, but it's just not enough.
I know this feeling. Once I turned 11, I couldn't tell what feelings were real and which ones were fake. So when people asked about my feelings, I told them what they wanted to hear. It was a...
Have you ever felt like you could do nothing right;
Have you ever felt like giving up the fight;
Have you ever slit your wrists;
Have you ever picked up a knife;...
What do you mean when you say "is hell full of thrills"
I have been dealing with depression and anxiety since sixth grade and I'm getting help now but I feel like it's not working as much as...
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I sit here all alone in this dark scary place,
I want to run but it grabs me by the wrist,
its like my shadow and it holding my hand leading me where it wants to take me,
to its dark scary land, ...
My name is Grace and this poem had touched me deeply, because I have experienced the same thing that Leslie had gone through. I feel and carry too much pain ever since I was born. I was born...
One night, I looked up and saw all of the stars.
Then looked down at my arm from which I bled thick, red tears.
Thinking about how I could have been with you if only I tried.
Why didn't I?...
I am living a life where no one bothers to come and wipe your tears, I am living a life where there are just black mascara lines running down my face and red tears dripping down my hand, I am...
The burning hate,
so severe, everlasting,
the hate you take every day,
that you absorb,
I am very touched by this poem . I have favored it and I will show it to others if asked about depression. Thank you!
Depression is an ocean
A sea of emotions
Depression is a war
A constant battle within yourself