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That Summer
March 2, 2018
Cousins laughing on warm sand
Splashing in the ocean
I wanted to be happy
Anxieties ate at my heart
As if they were starving
A cotton candy sunset on the beach
Everything was beautiful
Except for my thoughts
That the world would be
A better place without me
I had no reason to be sad
Or angry, or hurt, or upset
No one understood
The aching I felt in my soul
That summer I learned how to be alone
© Emily O., Boynton Beach, FL
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This poem is inspired by a family vacation in which I first started struggling with depression and anxiety. I had trouble understanding why I was feeling the way I was.