Is My Pain Real? (A reversible poem) | Teen Ink

Is My Pain Real? (A reversible poem)

April 8, 2022
By thefandomphantom BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
thefandomphantom BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Real

Is

My pain

Real.

All my psychiatrist meetings

And therapist appointments

And moments where I thought I couldn’t keep going.

That mental hospital visit in early January.

That three months of recovery in partial hospitalization. 

All of these moments together in one year

It 

Doesn’t 

Matter

Does 

it.

 

(And all of this will be true unless we believe we can reverse the script)

It 

Does 

Matter

Doesn't 

It.

All of these moments together in one year

That three months of recovery in partial hospitalization. 

That mental hospital visit in early January.

And moments where I thought I couldn’t keep going.

And therapist appointments

All my psychiatrist meetings

Real.

My pain 

Is 

Real


The author's comments:

This piece was originally an assignment for a palindromic poem. I decided I liked it a lot, since it is based in my own experiences. Well, less based and more completely from my experiences. Yes, I struggle with depression. But I am happy with the progress I've made. 


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