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Closed Door

May 13, 2019
By jasonawaltz1010 BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Everywhere I go there seems to be closed doors

Everywhere I go I end up trapped

Everywhere I go I just can’t escape

Everywhere I go


I want to escape from my mind

I want to be free

I want to be me

I want to be proud of who I am


I can’t seem to get out of this slump

I can’t seem to be me

I can’t seem to be proud of who I am

I can’t


I want to do better

I want to be better

I want better

I want me


I’m tired of lying to myself

I’m tired of lying to others

I’m tired of being someone I’m not

I’m tired of putting on this act


I am not perfect

Though I crave to be

I am trapped

Though I beg not to be


I am trapped

Trapped inside my mind

I listen to one part

Though that is not who I am


I want to open all of my closed doors

© Chloe Sheppard, Potton, England

The author's comments:

I am a 16-year-old living in Pennsylvania. For the past 4 and a half years I have been dealing with depression, a lot of which is because I'm not happy with myself. I wrote this poem a year or so ago during one of my rougher patches, and still to this day I relate to this piece. I hope whoever is out there reading this does not feel like this, and if you do I recommend talking to someone or getting help before it's too late.

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