Life

Life

It’s something everyone has to deal with

For some it’s a piece of cake

For others

It’s like reviving a dead flower

It’ll never come out exactly how you want

It’ll still be wilted

Life isn’t easy

Though I so desperately wish that it was

My life

Has been hard

People look at me and expect someone happy

But they only see what I want them to

They don’t see the pain in my smile

Or the broken glass eyes

They don’t see me tremble as I breathe

They don’t feel my muscles tense as they touch me

They don’t know how much I hate to be touched

And they won’t ever understand why

They don’t know the horrid ways people have touched me

They never see that

They don’t see the scars that line my wrists and thighs

And If they do

They believe it to be a cat scratch

If only it were that innocent

They don’t know how broken I am

And even if I told them

They wouldn’t care

People only care when something dramatic happens

They didn’t care

Until it got so bad

That they put me in the hospital

They didn’t care

Until blood dripped from my arms

They didn’t care

Until I cried so hard I could barely breathe

No one really,truly cares

And no one ever stays

Everybody in your life

Will eventually leave you

Either by choice

Or by force

Life is hard

Some are worth living

And are filled with sunshine

Others

Want it to end it every second of every day

Their lives are filled with burning forests

Everybody has a different life

You can try to live it out

Or end it

It’s your choice

Author's Note

Suicide is not a good thing, i do not encourage it. I won't try and tell you not to do it cause that would make me a hypocrite. Just try to get help before you do something drastic. I love you, don't hurt yourself.

Reviews

[Ruth]

Powerful piece Olivia, life is indeed hard and not an easy ride or path to walk at all...I have suffered depressed since I turned 19 so I do understand and what I found lovely in this piece is the honesty and rawness but the added note you wrote...sometimes people need to know they are not alone and it helps immensely, take care and thank you for such an inspiring poem :)

[Carina Baumert]

An honest and heart wrenching poem that anyone can relate to. I'm glad you shared this piece.

[Chris Shaw]

A powerful and moving write. I don't think it is a case of people not caring. I think it is more that they do not understand what others are going through. That's why it is so important to talk about your feelings. If only there was more talking and more listening, much unhappiness could be softened.

Chris

[Lea Sheryn]

Life is often difficult but, if we face it with fortitude, we can survive anything.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Great piece of writing here very powerful honest raw
In it it showed all your scars from other people’s wrong doings and how it’s made you react and be Who you are today
People only see what they want to see
They want perfect or near to it
They are not perfect either
So why should they expect perfection ?
I liked your raw history and it tells your life story in a short poem
I praise you for that
Ps my sister ended her short 26 year life in 1982
After several attempts she succeeded
Unfortunately there’s no coming back from it
I hope you find happiness and peace within yourself one day from all your suffering hurt etc it may take you a lifetime but other people can’t heal you only you yourself and you can with Gods help on a wing and a prayer I stole that last bit from some song lol
Take care x