Let Us Read Your Poems

[janemariesayed]

The person who wrote this poem wishes to remain anonymous. Yet they have been willing to share it. I am a writer myself, but I don't write poems unless I have to. I read on the net that people who suffer from depression and anxiety make good writers and artists and I think that this poem says it all about the person who wrote it. Thankfully they tell me that they don't have the courage to take their own life, but I still find the poem very meaningful. Here it is below. can you relate to it? Let me know how it affects your emotions. Have you written any poems that reflect your depression or anxiety in any way?

A poem ~ by Anonymous.
Suicide, a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

How can you help? How can you stop them?

Well you can’t I say, as this will show,

We wear a mask so you would never know.

A smile, a joke. Some work hard too.

This, is what we choose to show you.

Up’s and downs, they happen all day,

Talking or crying, yet they still stay.

You can’t change how you feel on your own.

Seven billion people, yet you feel all alone.

Friends, family, some have kids too,

But you can’t change the feelings inside of you.

You buy the tablets, you tie the knot.

So, for me, that’s as far as I got.

So when I get there and sort the feelings inside,

I’ll let you know from the other side.

 

[Concernedgal]

I can relate. I suppose the part I hate the most is the loneliness. I think the reason I often think of taking my own life is because. .. What kind of life is this? And you always wonder why. Am I being punished? Did I do something very wrong in a past life and karma is getting me back? WHAT? WHY? The thing about anxiety though is it kinda makes you a wus too. Me anyway. I will never take my own life either . The poem made a good point when saying... suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

 

[janemariesayed]

The permanent solution to a temporary problem, yes, it tells me that the writer understands that the problems are just temporary. Thankfully they are not suicidal. They told me that they don't have the courage to do it, which pleases me immensely! All the poems they have written are quite dark, but I think they open up the mind to understanding how someone going through this actually feels.

For example, the mask they are wearing in front of the world. Carrying on a full time job, and smiling for the masses. Yet the masses don't know how they really feel. The person who wrote this told me that they are dyslexic and wondered how well it would read and what the grammar was like. I think the poem is brilliant. It is very deep and meaningful. Although it is dark, I can still see the positive in it.