Misunderstood

It's hard to understand what others feel.

Sometimes it all seems so surreal.

The pressure of life makes you kneel

as you wait for somebody to appeal.

Most of the bleakest days are spent alone,

sitting in your room with just a phone,

wishing someone would call, but you know

nobody cares. They're just a no-show.

What else can you do but just sleep?

Otherwise, you might waste your nights and weep.

After all, there is nothing for you to keep.

All your memories are lost counting sheep.

What causes your depression? Is it all the pain?

You know, it's starting to infuse into your brain.

Nowadays, you're just locked up in a chain.

Everyday that you struggle causes the drain

from your energy source that you need

if you hope in this life to succeed. 

I struggle daily, fighting against the greed.

I have to fight with myself as I plead

for it to leave me; oh, all of the thoughts.

They are only covered up with all the shots.

I would be a cheetah if bad memories were spots.

What's the point of casting all my lots?

There's no outcome and no helpful aid.

I asked God for his aid, I always prayed.

No matter what I did, every Sunday I'd trade

my time in for some religion. I stayed

for the entire service. It didn't help. Why?

What's the point of church bells if I only cry?

If it doesn't help me, if it makes me high

on the religious wine and I go awry.

We're all misunderstood writers, struggling to write.

With our words, we are trying to make the world bright.

Underestimated, dissed, and often we are quite

the opposite of what we wish, struggling to fight.

Despite all of the harmful words, we are moving toward

walking out of the arena, leaving the crowds floored.

Reviews

[Wasekera S Chiphazi Ban..]

Hi Dante i loved your poem especially the fliw to these stanza "Afterall, there is nothing for you to keep.
All your memories are lost counting sheep.
What causes your depression? Is it all the
pain?
You know, it's starting to infuse into your
brain.
Nowadays, you're just locked up in a chain.
Everyday that you struggle causes the drain"....great job..Check out some of my work ,Your review will be appriciated

[Not here]

okay i will no problem :)

[Jacklyn]

Wow. Somehow...you read my mind, and put the words that I've been struggling to find down on paper. Or I guess in pixels, whatever. This is beautiful, and it resonates deeply with me. Thank you for writing this.

[Not here]

thank you even more for reading :)

[Marcel Grant]

ALL of your poems out of the ones I've checked out, are amazing and I totally look forward to more. This one is no exception, because as always you have a way with rhyming, using detailed words without being pompous like other poets and expressing feelings in a very very real way. It's never overly sentimental either and instead it's - excuse the pun - "understandable".

That said, this is the first poem where I'm just a little confused about something... The descriptions here really fall deep into the mind of someone who's depressed and its just honest, in the way he knows he should get better... but his mind just won't let him. It was so real. And it was great!

But... why is it called "misunderstood"? =/ I feel like the title should be something different, or in the poem you should make references to how other people see him, instead of an examination of his heart and feelings. I'm not a poet so I could be shooting way into left field...

Really I thought the poem was amazing, thanks for the request! I just think the name should be different lol

[Not here]

thanks and ill definitely give it some thought. im not the best at naming things, lol

[Marcel Grant]

I'm not either xD And again, I'm not a poet at all, so I may be completely wrong... :B

[Not here]

anyones a poet if they want to be :) that sounded cheesy, lol

[AaronFreitas]

Awesome write... I agree we are misunderstood. I have been there buddy and it sucks. You did an awesome job creating that image in this write... good work :)

[ANTO]

This is a very smooth ride Dante. Very slick indeed.
"there is nothing for you to keep.
All your memories are lost counting sheep." - really good phrasing.

"walking out of the arena..." - top notch writing
A well written piece

[Not here]

thank you alot :) im glad you enjoyed

[yvo miki]

yes and I have been this way a long time yall are helping me see yall care

[Not here]

well we certainly do

[yvo miki]

aww well that makes me happy

[Confuser]

Dante: Yes we are all misunderstood in some ways, but that's just life; there's a lot of bubbles out there, depends on which ones are more open. I thought it had great rhymes and flow: I do wish you could break it up a little, but it's still good. It was sad and negative in many ways, but that's the character's point of view suppose, maybe we all feel that way sometimes. The ending was a little bit off to me....but then again, leaving the crowds floored can be so many things. All in all think it's a great poem. You've got talent, that's for certain, and I thank you very much, once again! Dale

[Not here]

no thank you dale :)

[Confuser]

You're welcome!!

[dan]

I still say you should do a poetry reading in a café or coffee shop surrounded by poetry lovers. This would sound awesome in a spoken-word format. Give it a shot! take care...dan

[Sarah Hampton]

You have summed up so much and yet so thoroughly, that's amazing!

[Riley Justine]

Can definitely relate to this one. Well done tying the idea together!

[Not here]

thank you :) im glad you enjoyed