People see me laugh
People see me smile,
see me get by.
In front of them, I wont cry.
This Darkness, its burning
a hole inside of me.
But I stand tall.
I dont want them to see,
to see why I act the way I do,
Why I am me.
I know my scars will eventually show.
I wear a mask,
In front of my friends, faimly,
everyone.
A mask as bright as the sun,
and as fake as love.
Time isnt seeming to heal these wounds,
And the only thing I can do is bandage them up.
Smile,
Laugh,
Talk.
I have to remind myself everyday.
The sadness,
I keep at bay.
At least for a while,
untill I get away.
People call me crazy,
goth, emo.
If they only knew what lay behind,
my thin skin.
My sin.
But I wont let them.
I know my scars will show themselves eventually.
But for now,
I hide behind my crazy, happy mask.
Defying the need to confide.
I fool everybody.
I wont cry...
Author notes
ummm, this is what my life is... I suffer from periods of depressions. Everybody thinks I'm better, and when I show signs of sadness again, they try to ignore it because it would be too hard for them to deal with it again. And I dont want to put them through it either. So I pretend i'm okay most of the time.
In short, this poem sums up one word.
hiding. From what, I think you should know.
A contest entry
- Your Life by Taylor Renee.
100 points, ended September 30, 2007, 20 entries
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
Please comment, I know its not very good, and short, but I would love it it you would.
Comments
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Wow. I really liked this a lot.
You did great with the emotion, which is just what I wanted. It helps me get inside of your head and get to know the real you, which is the point of the contest.
It's really sad, and I think that so many people have to do this, hide how they're feeling, becausde of other people mpost of the time. It's a sad, sad thing.
It was a beautiful poem.
Thank you so much for the wonderful entry and for sharing this piece of you with us.
xoxo
Tay
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wow...i loved this..the feeling you put into it...great job..it was nice
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This was good, yet again a good base and way of words.
thanks for sharing.
Lady Madeline. -
omg morgan! this is like so so good!! what you talking about girl with "I know it's not very good"?? It's awesome!
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