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This is a poem about the feeling of total hopelessness that comes with depression. The feeling that no one cares and you're all alone.

Life Is A Prison

Life is a prison,
Oh God let me out.
No one to listen,
To hear when you shout.

Climb the walls of insanity,
Ride the waves of despair.
If you fall it don't matter,
There's no one to care.

Used to wish for a window,
To see birds, trees and sky,
But you're better without one -
Stops you aiming too high.

Watching freedom is painful,
For those locked away.
Seeing joy, love and happiness,
Another price that you pay.

Strong is good, weak is bad.
Be it false, be it true.
Your mind makes the choice,
And enforces it too.

Cell walls built by society,
With rules to adhere.
If you breach the acceptable,
You had better beware.

Hide the pain, carry on,
Routine is the key.
Don't let on that you're not,
What you're pretending to be.

Lock it all up inside you,
How badly that bodes.
Look out for that one day,
When it all just explodes.

Leaving naught but a shell,
Base functionality too.
But killing all else,
That was uniquely you.

So how do you grow,
With a timebomb inside?
Or how to defuse it,
Without destroying its ride?

You can't.

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Visitor Comments (from the Voting form)
marie
wow ur a great poet, and i know what u mean.
Keri
I struggle each day to hold onto my sanity. hope you get well soon. take care and be happy!
Jennifer
Wonderfully dark and amazingly well put! These darker emotions can be tricky to annunciate and you did a splendid job of it!
amanda
it tells the truth it shows greatness
blu
it is lovely bec its my life
Gretchen
this is a poem that describes my life it rocks
Amber
This poem is so inspiring to me because its the exact same thing i went through when i was in a locked group hom i just want to let everyone know to enjoy the freedom youve got cause u never no when u might make a little mistake and it will be gone!
pavitra
a great piece of art , i really this poem b'cause somehow it exactly describes my life
Acadia
touch my heart one more time with these cold hands.
stephanie
i loved this poem because it describes my ex-boyfriend to a t.
Erin
I really don't know exactly what Youchd me about this poem. It was just so blunt and described exactly how I'm feeling today. I loved it.
Fondeshia
i like this poem i think that it is a good poem.
Samantha
I LOve this poem! Erry lil sentence, erry lil line,, describes me! Lock it all away wen im in school, tryin to work out my depression myself,. All it duz is make it worst. But after this poem really makes me feel not so alone with this feeling. This poem can help alot of ppl! Keep Writing!
Terri
that was a good one
Leigha
this made me hurt. bad. maybe b/c i think that i know how it feels. and i wish that i could be someone else that wouldnt let this get to them. why am i so weak?.
brianna
The poem is reality people can understand there is alot of people feeling like that
bianca
hey i really think thats this poem is very inspring it is all about my life and how people treat me
julie
brilliant! just what i,ve been through and to a certain extent stll am,kepp up the gret work love juliexx
pizza.
I vote this poem as one of the best poems ever. I don't think this because its just how I feel somethimes, but because its very profound.
Tanisha
great poem exactly what im feelin; ight about now thanks it almost cheers me up
jessica
i honesty believe that this poem really concets with me being i have situations where i just dont want to go om
pooja
poem is tooooooo gooooooooood.
bryanna
I can understand, in more than one way. I came from a home of nothing, i have raised myself all my life, i am only 17 but feel 80, I thought this change in my life would give me some hope, but insted the walls went back up and i'm trapped again, lovely work though~peace and war
Joey
I really really like this poem. it has meaning to me. well done
Paris
This poem touched me because I feel the same way. It is nice to know that someone else knows what I'm going through and put it into words that fit so well.
katie
that was a gr8 poems it really got to me! thanks katie
sabrina
i can really relate to your poem. i want to die everyday. i feel like i do have a timebomb inside of me and its just a matter of time that it explodes. i just got out of a bunch of facilities that i had started going to since i was about 13.
alison
i really liked this poem it let me know that iam not the only one acting like everything is ok thanks!
Sonny
that was such a good and actually true poem. i lovd it. how do you do it. keep it up
Myra
The poem really touched me. In my prospective, it's true on so many levels, and it's very beautifull, good job!
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