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That Girl

November 30, 2018
By SeaDweller BRONZE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
SeaDweller BRONZE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Look at that girl, she smiles everyday

No worries must burden her in anyway

She must have the perfect life

For her attitude is just so bright

 

Little do you know she has depression

Now you'll handle her in your own discretion

With a painted expression, she's a porcelain doll

Once and for all, you can't look at her the same, not even incidentally

You'll treat her oh so differently

Though she's just like you, can't you see?

 

She is no different than you 

Being in pieces held by glue

Just because you do not see

Does not mean she is carefree

Her depression makes her want to crawl into a hole

Though she hides it behind a smile that she can control

 

She cries behind closed doors

Her worries and woes are locked in a chest of drawers

You will never see her at night

As sleeping is just another fight

She can't win against the pain

She just wants it all to go away

 

The tears endlessly fall

Anxiety and depression are in an endless brawl

The false whispers are too much to handle

Her happiness flickers like a candle

Her parents don't understand

Her mental breakdown wasn't planned

The disease is just a trend

Maybe it will be better by the weekend

 

Do not judge a book by its cover

You do not know what you will discover

She hides the pain and tears

As she has done so for many years

 

So no

 

She struggles everyday

Burdens worry her in everyway

She does not have a perfect life

Now her smile does not seem so bright


The author's comments:

You are treated just like another person until you mental you have a mental health problem. People will start treating you as if you are glass and will crack at any second. We are normal and just because we have a problem that has name, does not mean that we need to handled carefully.


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