When I say “I’m fine”
How do you not
realize,
How much pain and
sadness is in my eyes
When you say,
“I’m here for you”
“You’re not alone”
“You will always have
me”
I almost cry
Because you can’t see
behind my easy lie
5:00 in the morning
When my depression
eases itself up my throat
And rips itself out
of my body
In a silent scream
I am alone
I go home everyday
wanting everything to stop
I want myself to stop
I want everything
around me to stop
You still think I’m
fine because
You didn’t see through
my lies
You didn’t catch the
tears forming in my eyes,
Behind the “I’m fine”
and fake smile
You say you are “here”
for me
But you don’t see it
hurts
Until it finally eats
away at me
And takes everything
about me with it
I am alone
You know that feeling
like you are sinking?
Some days that's all
I feel
like a huge rush of
water comes over me
taking me under
Just as fast as a
tsunami consumes a city
Some people can
control it
Go to other people
for support
Those people are
their boats
picking them up as
soon as they see them
But me
I keep sinking
And sinking
And sinking
Until I am a distant
memory
You know that feeling
of sadness?
just like before
that's all I ever
feel
tears fall
like a river rushing
through a forest
Sadness
Sadness
And more sadness
-Gabriella Pinnetti
Gabby, the figurative language you use to describe how you feel works perfectly. To describe something as serious as this with this degree of language makes me want to rid you of this pain.
ReplyDeleteThat was a very impactful poem! The central idea I got from this story was loneliness, and from this theme I derived that the message was: If people aren't there to support and understand you, you can feel alone in your pain. Supporting lines for this message are "In a silent scream
ReplyDeleteI am alone" and "I keep sinking
And sinking
And sinking
Until I am a distant memory" , which show how the character feels isolated and alone because no one understands and supports her.
I love this poem. I like the form you put the different words in. Like at the end how you wrong " like a river rushing through a forest sadness sadness and more sadness. It was almost like a waterfall falling with sadness. I thought the message was show empathy to others. A line I thought showed this was " You know that feeling like you are sinking?
ReplyDeleteSome days that's all I feel
like a huge rush of water comes over me
taking me under Just as fast as a tsunami consumes a city Some people can control it Go to other people for support Those people are their boats picking them up as soon as they see them But me I keep sinking And sinking And sinking Until I am a distant memory.