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Me? Why?

October 21, 2013
By L.C.Byrde SILVER, Edgewood, Iowa
L.C.Byrde SILVER, Edgewood, Iowa
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Me? Why?


Why?
Why?
Why?

Why do you just let me cry?
New day, same pain, another sigh
How come no one understands?
You see, I no longer get your plan

They don’t believe what they can’t feel
Tell them, tell them I need to heal
Tell them how I’m dead inside
Tell them how the darkness hides

Me?

I can’t live, laugh, or love
In me there’s a hole
I push, I hide, I fight
Till there’s no one to console

Why do you let me hate them?
When I know I really don’t
Don’t you see the thread?
I won’t give up, I won’t

Why?

You don’t want this do you?
Do you?!?
The reasons, the anchors
But know I really want to

Me?

Thinking I can’t bare another
As I lay down with a sigh

Why me?
Why me?
Why me?
Why?


The author's comments:
Last year I went through a dark time. I suffered from manic depression. At the time that I wrote this, I was nearly at rock bottom. I was so angry at the world and at a god I wasn't sure existed. This is what I felt at the bottom of the pit. I wanted someone to blame for the hurt that no one seems to understand. So I blamed god and of course he never answered. I know a lot of people that deal with mental illness feel alone and misunderstood. I hope this poem speaks to them.

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