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Sometimes I want to Run Away

June 3, 2014
By Nickywritingandreading GOLD, Brookline, Massachusetts
Nickywritingandreading GOLD, Brookline, Massachusetts
16 articles 7 photos 2 comments

You get straight A's but I can see right through you
I know that behind that white piece of paper covered,
soaked,
drenched,
in the letter A
is one-thousand lies.
I should no because,
every time I even get close to what is considered cheating,
to being dishonest,
I break down,
I fall down,
I crumble.
So, I get points off,
and less A's,
and more stress,
and more anxiety,
but you,
you get straight A's and a stupid smirk on your face.
Sometimes I just want to run away from this
to get in a car,
turn on the ignition,
and run.


The author's comments:
I wrote this about my struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder and people that cheat at my school. One girl in particular I get really angry at because she get's straight A's but also cheats. I also get really frustrated because I will get anxiety over thinking that I've done something wrong, while, I think, many other students would not have anxiety of the same thing. I truly do feel like running away sometimes to escape how bad I feel sometimes. Writing this poem helped me get some of those bad emotions out.

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on Dec. 15 2014 at 10:59 pm
Nickywritingandreading GOLD, Brookline, Massachusetts
16 articles 7 photos 2 comments
Thank you! :)

Annabelle123 said...
on Dec. 9 2014 at 11:24 am
This is incredibly moving and intense.