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This poem is about the deepening feelings of depression that consume a young woman.

Silence, Emptiness, And Confusion

Silence builds an awful wreckage of a girl
It feeds on loneliness and creates a void
Gray shadows haunt and torment and torture
A teenager is stricken and destroyed

There is no sound of laughter or happiness here
The little one has thrown in the towel today
Somber, melancholy moods decay the soul
It is futile to hope and dream and pray

Emptiness builds a home in this woman
In this girl, this child where hollows have bred
A deepening sea of nowhereness consumes
And eats away at every connecting thread

Confusion feeds like a savage inside her,
Leaving nothing considered worthy remains
Destined to walk through life less ordinary
Alone, exiled, different and disdained.

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Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
Mark
Guys feel like this too. it was beautiful
neri
LOVE the poem. thank you. would like to read more of your poems more power to you.
kape
i love the poem. same feeling for now. hope you dont mind if i post it on my blog. i will credit for sure.
Jennifer
this poem is such a great write as well as read
Kayce
That poem is amazing. it relates to so many people. it also gives some of the people that ar elike us a booste of confidence and shows us we are nto alone
Amy
Bek, your poem has a real honesty about it, I love the first line, I can almost imagine it as the lyric by some folky femme who has the courage to see things as they really are, or as they really seem. You have a talent, a power so beautiful. "Bek you can express in words the reality many live in!" God Bless Amy
Lilu
This Poem Is what many young teen girls relate to. When Im feeling depressed zI need a good poem to read. It lets me Know Im not the only one out there with those problems. I think this poem is Awsome and touches my heart.
Elizabeth
I love this poem it's so me.
Meghan
amazing. so deep. perfectly written. on the outside what you wrote is not like me. but it is what is truly inside of me and i despair.
Rae
I could realte to the poet in so many ways, and when reading it felt a stong connection.
biggo
i thought this poem was awesome. it really touched me because i felt the same way not too long ago
xe
hey i like this poe alot you must have putted in alot of efforts in order to come up with such a great poem i should not try to be someone else though as i read your poem it reminded me of something i can't imafine what well bye!
Kate
Everyone who releates to this poem knows why it's so real.
marthyn
Its got good words in it and makes you think. I love it.
Tami
Your poem was totally intense! You had me down too a tee! Keep up the awesome work!
katie
i really understand this being a teenager my self, and a girl, it is almost just like me.
Crystal
I think this is one of the greastest feeling poems ever written. i love it
Nikki
Wow! Your poem is the best i have ever read, its how i truly feel, i just wanted to thank you for wrighting this witch was probaly hard.
Alucia
Wow! that is a perfect example of how i feel every second, minute, hour, every single day of my life. I write poetry as well to ease the pain, but it still remains and overpowers me. How do you do it? How do you fight the urge of suicide? Maybe one day i will find out. but i hope that day comes real soon.
EmiLy
this poemi have a great love for, it lightly skimms the top on the way i feel.
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