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There is No Escape

September 11, 2015
By Distant_Freedom DIAMOND, Nowhere, Pennsylvania
Distant_Freedom DIAMOND, Nowhere, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. -James Dean


I had thought myself above it all.
All these standards and expectations people have,
Everything everybody else wants for me to be,
To accomplish. I thought I had
Escaped everything. I turned out to be very wrong.
Everything has come crashing down on me,
All in one moment of deadly clarity.
I find myself consistently wanting it all to end,
To just be over, and for mysel to not have to
Deal with it. That's why I pushed it away.
I have no way to get rid of these thoughts.
I feel no desire to exist any longer.
The psychological stress and pressure is
Simply too massive for just me,
And yet I'm the only one who can hold
All these thoughts together.
There must be some end in sight,
But I suppose I'm too blind to see it.
I don't have the patience to clear the fog
From my tired eyes. I just don't care anymore.
Please, just let it end already.
The suffering has to stop, one way or another.


The author's comments:

Somehow I've gotten back into the swing of writing poetry, but I draw the inspiration from my resurgence of depression. It's so easy for me to write out my depression, so I do it. This is one product.


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on Sep. 14 2015 at 11:31 pm
Distant_Freedom DIAMOND, Nowhere, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. -James Dean

Ah, I understand. Yeah, I've heard writing be called pieces before, I just haven't heard it in a while. These poems absolutely mean more to me than just a bunch of words. They're how I cope with depression and life in general.

BbEeTtHh GOLD said...
on Sep. 14 2015 at 11:12 pm
BbEeTtHh GOLD, San Antonio, Texas
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Pieces are all your writings. that what i call mine. if i wrote a poem i call it my newest piece thats something my english teacher told us to call each story/poem we write.

on Sep. 14 2015 at 10:26 am
Darius_Nobles GOLD, San Angelo, Texas
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'Today you are you, and that's truer than true. There's no one alive that's youer than you." Dr. Seuss

TeenInk.com/users/Darius_Nobles Please Leave Constructive Criticism, There's always room for improvement. Thanks Enjoy.

on Sep. 13 2015 at 11:12 pm
Distant_Freedom DIAMOND, Nowhere, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. -James Dean

I appreciate the compliment. Could you expand on what you mean when you say pieces?

BbEeTtHh GOLD said...
on Sep. 13 2015 at 11:04 pm
BbEeTtHh GOLD, San Antonio, Texas
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This poem is amazing! I use my depression and negative feelings to write out my poems as well. its not a bad thing it means our pieces mean more to us than just words.