“Why didn’t you ask for help?”
When I didn’t write for weeks
I was asking for help
When I stopped smiling
When I stopped laughing
When happiness became fake
I was asking for help
When I began to eat less
I was asking for help
When I isolated myself for days
I was asking for help
When your heart shatters
Into a million little fragments
You learn to speak without words.
Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS – Teenager: In Writing.
I close the windows
Lock the doors
Turn off the lights
I don’t ever want to leave this room.
I am tired of drowning
In a world
That has never prepared me to swim.
There are ten days left until the first day of my freshman year,
And I am fearful.
Fearful of drowning under the thrashing waves,
For I have been taught to survive
but never to truly live.
One day,
you will feel pain so excruciating it becomes abstruse. You will feel numb, detached from the world, lost in a void of darkness.
Comments
This is so deep, heart-wrenching, and relatable. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!! :)
Thank you!!!! :)
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